President Trump is planning to withdraw thousands of US troops from Syria, Turkey's Anadolu Agency reported on Tuesday, citing the Israeli broadcaster Kan. The Kan report said that "senior White House officials conveyed a message to their Israeli counterparts...
Senate Democrats Block Bill To Sanction the ICC for Targeting Israeli Officials
On Tuesday, Senate Democrats blocked a bill that would sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for their role in the genocidal war in Gaza. The...
Netanyahu To Meet With Trump at the White House Next Week
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Trump at the White House next week, making him the first foreign leader invited to visit Washington by the new Trump administration. Trump told reporters on Monday that he would be hosting Netanyahu...
Ukrainian Media Outlets Start Asking for Donations After US Funding Is Paused
Major Ukrainian media outlets are asking for donations following the Trump administration's 90-day foreign aid pause since many of them are funded by the US government. Ukrainian-Canadian professor and researcher Ivan Katchanovski noted on X that the Ukrainian online...
Israeli Forces Kill Five-Year-Old in Central Gaza Despite Ceasefire
Israeli shelling near the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza killed a five-year-old Palestinian girl on Monday despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian news agency WAFA has reported. The girl, Nadia Al-Amoudi, was killed, and three others...
Ukrainian Military Intel Chief Warns of Threat to Ukraine’s Existence if Negotiations With Russia Don’t Start
Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine's military intelligence, has warned that if negotiations to end the war with Russia don't begin by this summer, Ukraine's "very existence" will be threatened. According to a report from Ukrainska Pravda, Budanov issued the warning...
Report: Trump Wants To Pull 20,000 US Troops Out of Europe
President Trump wants to withdraw about 20,000 US troops from Europe, the Italian news agency ANSA reported last week. The US currently has about 100,000 troops deployed across Europe, a result of the Biden administration beefing up the US presence on the continent,...
Russia Says It Hasn’t Received a Request for Putin-Trump Talks
The Kremlin said Monday that Russia is ready for contact between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump but hasn't received any requests for such talks from the new administration. "We haven’t received any signals from the Americans yet," said Kremlin...
Smotrich Says He’s Working To Enact Trump’s Idea To ‘Clean Out’ Palestinians From Gaza
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he's working to make President Trump's suggestion that Palestinians could be "cleaned out" of Gaza and moved to Egypt and Jordan a reality. Trump's idea sparked a backlash from Arab nations, including Egypt and Jordan,...
Hundreds of Thousands of Palestinians Begin Returning to North Gaza
Palestinians who were displaced from northern Gaza in the early days of Israel's genocidal war on the Strip began returning to the ruins of their homes on Monday as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Despite the massive destruction in northern Gaza,...