Updated on March 16, 2025, at 6:15 pm EST A major round of US airstrikes that hit Yemen on Saturday killed at least 53 people, including women and children, Yemen's Health Ministry said on Sunday. According to Yemen's SABA news agency, at least five children and two...
Israeli Airstrike Hits Damascus, One Reported Killed
An Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in the Syrian Capital of Damascus on Thursday, killing at least one person, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz acknowledged the strike, claiming the apartment...
DOJ Deploys ‘Antisemitism Task Force’ to Four US Cities as Part of Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Protests
The US Department of Justice said Thursday that its recently created "Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism" will be heading to four US cities as part of the Trump administration's broad crackdown on college protests critical of Israel. The DOJ said the task...
Report: Israeli Drone Kills Three-Year-Old Palestinian in Gaza City
An Israeli quadcopter drone killed a three-year-old Palestinian in the Shujayea neighborhood of Gaza City, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Thursday. The report identified the victim of the Israeli attack as Amjad Hazem Abed. WAFA also reported that an...
Report: US Proposes New Gaza Ceasefire Deal Amid Total Israeli Blockade
The US has given Israel and Hamas a new proposal for a temporary ceasefire deal for Gaza amid Israel's total blockade on aid and all other goods entering the Strip, Axios reported on Thursday. The proposal, put forward by US envoy Steve Witkoff, would involve a...
Putin Signals He’s Open to Ceasefire as Witkoff Arrives for Talks
Updated on March 13, 2025, at 5:23 pm EST Russian President Vladimir Putin has signaled that he's open to a ceasefire in Ukraine but that he has "questions" about the 30-day US-Ukraine proposal that need to be discussed. "The idea itself is the right one, and we...
Report: US Encouraged Kurds To Sign Deal With HTS-Led Syrian Government
The US encouraged the Kurdish-led SDF to sign a deal with the new Syrian government led by the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The leader of the SDF and Syria's de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammad...
Trump Says Chuck Schumer Is a ‘Palestinian, Not Jewish Anymore’
President Trump on Wednesday called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) a "Palestinian" while criticizing the Democrats for not supporting the GOP's spending plan. "Schumer is a Palestinian, as far as I’m concerned," Trump said in the Oval Office while hosting...
Russian Commander Says Ukrainian Forces Surrounded in Kursk
Valery Gerasimov, Russia's highest-ranking military officer, said on Wednesday that Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk Oblast have been encircled and are now isolated amid reports that Ukrainian forces have begun to evacuate the Russian region. Ukraine launched a...
Iran Receives Trump Letter, Ayatollah Khamenei Again Rejects Talks in Face of US Pressure
A letter from President Trump was delivered to Iran by the UAE on Wednesday, an offer for negotiations that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said was a "deception" meant to create the impression that the US was the reasonable party and that Tehran refuses...