The US has proposed holding talks with Iran that would be led by Vice President JD Vance and Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, with Turkey acting as the mediator, Al-Monitor reported on Monday, citing a Turkish source. The report said that so far,...
NYT: Pentagon Considers Deploying 82nd Airborne Troops for Potential Attack on Iran’s Kharg Island
US military officials are considering deploying a combat brigade from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East to support the war with Iran and potentially take part in an operation aimed at seizing control of Iran's Kharg Island, The New York Times...
Pope Leo XIV Suggests Aerial Bombing Campaigns Should Be ‘Banned Forever’
Pope Leo XIV suggested on Monday that aerial bombing campaigns should have been "banned forever" following the atrocities committed from the sky during the 20th century, as he continues pushing an antiwar message following the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran....
Israeli Troops Advance on Dam in Southwestern Syria
Since their invasion of southwestern Syria in December of 2024, Israel has intermittently raided towns and villages across the Quneitra and Daraa Governorates, but has also aimed to secure control over water sources, vital in a region primarily focused on agriculture....
Escalated Israeli Invasion Feared as Minster Calls for Annexation of Southern Lebanon
Israeli ground troops are reporting “targeted ground operations” by their troops in southern Lebanon, but with the Defense Ministry ordering all the bridges across the Litani River destroyed yesterday, there is mounting fear that the invasion is going to get a lot...
Trump Backs Off on Threat To Bomb Iran’s Power Plants
President Trump has backed off on his threat to bomb Iran's power plants if the Strait of Hormuz wasn't "fully opened" by Monday night and claimed that Washington and Tehran had held talks over the past two days, which has been denied by Iranian officials. "I AM...
Thousands More Marines Headed To Middle East as Trump Considers Ground Operations in Iran
The US is deploying thousands of additional Marines to the Middle East amid reports that President Trump is considering launching ground operations in Iran as the US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic continues to escalate. US officials told Reuters on Friday...
Two Killed by US Missile Strike on Boat in the Eastern Pacific
US Southern Command announced on Friday that its forces bombed a small boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean a day earlier, as the US bombing campaign targeting alleged drug-running vessels in the waters of Latin America continues. As usual, SOUTHCOM offered no evidence...
Iranian Strike on Dimona Highlights Israel’s Secret Nuclear Weapons Program
On Saturday, an Iranian missile struck Dimona, a city in southern Israel near the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, a facility where Israel first developed nuclear weapons and is believed to still be a crucial part of Israel's undeclared nuclear weapons...
US Bombs Somalia for 47th Time This Year
US Africa Command said on Saturday that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on March 19 as the Trump administration continues its record-breaking bombing campaign in the country amid the US-Israeli war against Iran. AFRICOM said the strike targeted al-Shabaab...


