On Thursday, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad released three more Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals who were captured during the October 7 attack in exchange for the freeing of 110 Palestinians from Israeli jails. The first Israeli hostage to be released,...
President Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday and pushed for a full implementation of the Gaza ceasefire deal, according to Israeli media reports on the meeting. According to Haaretz,...
On Wednesday, President Trump signed an executive order designed to crack down on pro-Palestinian activism in the US in the name of "combatting antisemitism" that could lead to the deportation of foreign students involved in protests. Pro-Israel politicians have...
The Ukrainian news outlet Strana has published leaked details of President Trump's alleged plan to end the war in Ukraine in 100 days. According to Newsweek, which said it couldn't verify if the details were accurate, the plan starts with holding a phone call between...
The Salafi jihadist group Hurras al-Din, Syria's official al-Qaeda affiliate, announced on Tuesday that it was dissolving, saying its goals were complete following the regime change that ousted former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "[T]he sons of the Al-Qaeda Jihad...
A Philippine platoon will be trained on how to use a controversial US missile system, known as the Typhon, that's been deployed in the Philippines since April 2024, The Defense Post reported on Tuesday. The deployment of the Typhon to the Philippines has ratcheted up...
Since the Gaza ceasefire went into effect on January 19, Israeli forces have killed more than 80 Palestinians across the Strip, Drop Site News reported on Wednesday. Dr. Zaher al-Wahaidi, director of information for Gaza's Health Ministry, told Drop Site that 49 of...
On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order to build a major new missile defense system for the United States, a project that would have a huge price tag and likely fuel a new arms race. Trump has dubbed the plan "the Iron Dome for America," likening it to...
Gaza's Health Ministry said Tuesday that over the previous 48-hour period, hospitals in the Strip received 48 more bodies of Palestinians who were killed by "Israeli aggression," raising the recorded death toll. The Health Ministry said 37 of the bodies were...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel will "indefinitely" occupy areas of southern Syria it captured after the the regime change in Damascus that ousted former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Katz made the comments while visiting Israeli...
