Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed at a White House press briefing on Tuesday that the US is now engaged in a "defensive operation" against Iran as the Trump administration is attempting to reframe the war that the US and Israel launched against the Islamic...
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday responded to President Trump's latest attack on him, saying that if someone criticizes him, they should "do so truthfully." The comments came after President Trump told radio host Hugh Hewitt that Pope Leo would "rather talk about the fact that...
US Southern Command said on Monday that its forces blew up another alleged drug-running boat as the Trump administration continues the extrajudicial executions at sea. SOUTHCOM said the vessel was targeted in the Caribbean Sea, and it offered no evidence to back up...
The US military's top general said on Tuesday that Iran's recent attacks in the region were "below the threshold" of the US restarting its bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic, as the US continues to downplay the flare-ups in the Strait of Hormuz that...
US Africa Command said in a press release on Tuesday that its forces launched another airstrike in Somalia one day earlier as the Trump administration continues its record-shattering bombing campaign in the country. The command said that the strike targeted the ISIS...
An Israeli strike in Gaza on Tuesday killed a 15-year-old boy, Reuters reported on Tuesday, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal. Medics told Reuters that the boy was killed by an Israeli attack on a police station in northern...
Iran's Tasnim news agency reported that a US attack in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday hit cargo vessels, not boats belonging to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), contradicting claims from US Central Command. CENTCOM said that its forces destroyed six...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that the flare-ups in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday show there's no "military solution" to the crisis and warned the US and the UAE against being drawn into a "quagmire" in the region. "Events in Hormuz make clear that...
Russia said on Monday that it would observe a ceasefire with Ukraine on May 8 and May 9 to observe Victory Day, when Russia celebrates the Soviet Union's victory against Nazi Germany in World War II, but it's unclear if the truce will hold, as Ukrainian President...
Iranian media reported on Monday that the attack on oil facilities in the UAE's port of Fujairah was the result of US "adventurism" in the Strait of Hormuz. "Iran had no pre-planned intention to attack the Fujairah oil facilities," an Iranian military official told...
