Gaza's Health Ministry said Sunday that Israel's assault on the enclave killed 40 more Palestinians and injured 58 in the previous 24-hour period, bringing its death toll since October 7 to 41,431 and the number of wounded to 95,818. "The Israeli occupation committed...
US Has No Plans To Remove Controversial Missile System from the Philippines
The US has no plans to remove the controversial Typhon missile system from the Philippines, Reuters reported last week, a move that is ratcheting up tensions with China. The US deployed the Typhon system to the Philippines in April, and Philippine officials previously...
Ukraine May Get Permission in Private To Fire Storm Shadow Missiles Into Russia
The US and the UK may permit Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles for long-range strikes inside Russian territory without it becoming public until the first one is fired, The Times reported on Friday. Ukraine has received Storm Shadows from the UK and a variant from...
Netanyahu Considers Ethnic Cleansing Plan for North Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a plan that would result in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian civilians from northern Gaza, CNN reported on Sunday. The report, citing the Israeli broadcaster Kan, said that during a closed-door meeting of the...
Hezbollah Says It Has Entered a ‘New Phase’ of Fighting With Israel Following Israeli Escalations
Sheikh Naim Kassem, the deputy leader of Hezbollah, said Sunday that the Lebanese group is in a "new phase" of its fight with Israel following a series of Israeli escalations in Lebanon. Kassem described the new phase as an "open-ended battle of reckoning" and said...
Israeli Diaspora Minister Says Lebanon Isn’t a State, Advocates Taking South
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah are escalating substantially, with scores of people killed in Lebanon in the past week. Israel’s far-right government is stepping up the rhetoric and talking war. Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli is the latest voicing pro-war...
US Officials Say There Will Be No Gaza Ceasefire Deal Before Biden’s Term Ends
Senior US officials have concluded that a Gaza ceasefire deal will likely not be reached before President Biden's term comes to an end on January 20, 2025, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. For months, Biden administration officials have claimed that a...
EU’s Defense Chief Says Europe Must Be Ready To Fight Russia in 6-8 Years
Andrius Kubilius, a former Lithuanian prime minister and the EU's first defense commissioner, has said Europe must be ready to fight Russia within 6-8 years. "Defense ministers and NATO generals agree that Vladimir Putin could be ready for confrontation with NATO and...
Report: Israel Notified US Before Blowing Up Pagers But Gave No Details of What Was Planned
Before thousands of pagers blew up in Lebanon on Tuesday, Israel informed the US that it was preparing an operation in the country but didn't say what it was, CNN reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The sources said that Israeli Defense...
Deputy Secretary of State: China Is the ‘Most Significant Challenge’ in US History
Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said on Wednesday that China is the "most significant challenge" the United States has ever faced. "There is a recognition that this is the most significant challenge in our history," Campbell told the House Foreign Affairs...