Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that President Donald Trump will decide if ending the war in Ukraine is possible sometime in the coming days. “We're not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end. So we need to determine very quickly now, and...
Updated on 4/18/25 at 4:56 pm EST On Thursday night, the US bombed the Ras Isa fuel port in Yemen's Red Sea province of Hodeidah, targeting the facility with two attacks that killed dozens of civilian workers and paramedics. According to Yemen's Health Ministry, at...
A Ukrainian official announced on Thursday that the US and Ukraine had signed a "memorandum of intent" to move forward with an economic deal that would give the US a piece of Ukraine's rare earth minerals and other natural resources. "We are happy to announce the...
The US military has started removing hundreds of troops from Syria but will leave over 1,000 in the country, at least for now, The New York Times reported on Thursday. US officials told the Times that the US was shuttering three of its eight bases in northeast Syria...
The US-backed Somali government said on Thursday that the US launched airstrikes in support of its operations against al-Shabaab, which has been making gains in a ground offensive in southern and central Somalia. The Somali Information Ministry said in a press release...
On Thursday, President Trump said he was "not in a rush" to attack Iran when asked about a report from The New York Times that said he "waived off" an Israeli plan to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities that would require significant US support. "I wouldn't say waived...
Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman arrived in Iran on Thursday, marking the highest-level Saudi visit to the country in decades. Prince Khalid's visit comes about two years after Riyadh and Tehran normalized relations under a China-brokered deal in 2023....
Next month, Iraq will host the Arab League’s 34th summit in Baghdad. This was seen as an exciting opportunity for Iraq after the protracted US invasion and occupation, to finally reclaim some regional influence for themselves. It’s become a source of no small amount...
Lebanese Information Minister Paul Morcos revealed on Thursday that his country has documented over 2,700 ceasefire violations committed by Israel since the ceasefire went into effect on November 26. The ceasefire was meant to end the Israeli invasion and occupation...
Overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza hit multiple tent camps sheltering displaced Palestinians, killing dozens, Gaza's Civil Defense agency has said. One attack hit tents in al-Mawasi, a tent camp in southern Gaza that Israel had declared a so-called "humanitarian zone"...
