The US has pulled about 500 troops out of Syria in recent weeks, bringing the total number of US servicemen in the country to about 1,500. The drawdown is part of a plan that the Pentagon announced in April to bring the total number of US troops in Syria to under...
US Africa Command has announced two more US airstrikes in Somalia that it said targeted the ISIS affiliate in the northeastern Puntland region as the Trump administration continues to bomb the country at a record pace. AFRICOM reported a strike was launched on May 31...
Gaza's Health Ministry said on Monday that Israeli forces killed 51 Palestinians and wounded 503 over the previous 24-hour period as Israeli strikes continue to pound targets across the Strip and Israeli troops are gunning down people seeking aid. The Health...
Updated on June 2, 2025, at 7:04 pm EST President Trump on Monday contradicted a report from Axios that said the US had delivered a proposal to Iran that would allow Tehran to enrich uranium at a low level for its civilian nuclear program. "The AUTOPEN should have...
Russian and Ukrainian officials held a second round of direct talks in Istanbul on Monday and agreed to move forward on another prisoner swap, but did not appear to make any progress toward a ceasefire or lasting peace deal as the two sides remain very far apart....
Former State Department spokesman Matthew Miller has said that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza, an admission that comes after he spent his time in the Biden administration providing cover for Israeli atrocities in the besieged Palestinian territory. Miller...
US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has rejected Hamas's response to a US-Israeli Gaza ceasefire proposal, calling it "totally unacceptable." Hamas responded to the 13-point proposal by offering amendments, including a guarantee for a permanent ceasefire, a change to...
Two bridges have collapsed in Russian regions that border Ukraine, including one that landed on a passenger train in the Bryansk Oblast, killing seven people and wounding dozens more. Local rail authorities in Bryansk said the derailment was caused by "illegal...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared on Friday that Israel would build a "Jewish Israeli state" in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Katz's comments came a day after the Israeli government approved 22 additional West Bank settlements, which are illegal under...
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Sunday slammed US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for a "Cold War mentality" in response to his remarks about China at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, which included him warning that the US is ready to "fight and win" a war over...
