Update on February 17, 2025, at 3:33 pm EST: Russia confirmed on Monday that the talks will be held in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, February 18 Top Trump administration officials are set to travel to Saudi Arabia this week to hold talks with Russian officials to discuss...
Speaking to reporters alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Hamas must be "eradicated," a goal that would require Israel to restart its genocidal war on Gaza. "Hamas cannot continue as a...
The extended ceasefire in Lebanon has just a couple of days left, and while Israel is maybe withdrawing from population centers, but keeping its military in southern Lebanon with new hilltop surveillance posts, the situation wasn’t less bloody this weekend. Instead,...
Following the release of three hostages, including one with an American, President Donald Trump restated his demand that all Israeli captives must be released from Gaza today. “Hamas has just released three Hostages from GAZA, including an American Citizen. They seem...
In recent days it has become increasingly clear that Israel has no more intention of withdrawing all of its troops from southern Lebanon by the February 18 deadline than it had for the January 26 deadline. It is now more clear what the plan is, and how it will be...
A new study found that the average life expectancy in Gaza was nearly cut in half during the first year of Israeli military operations in Gaza. Tens of thousands of children have been killed in the bombing. The paper, published by the prominent British medical...
Hamas said on Thursday that it plans to release three Israeli hostages on Saturday as agreed under the ceasefire deal, and Israel appears to have backed down on its demands for more captives to be freed. The Times of Israel reported that Israel is preparing to receive...
President Trump told reporters on Thursday that he believes US military spending could eventually be cut in half and that he wants to pursue the idea as part of an agreement with Russia and China. He also said there was no reason to build new nuclear...
On Thursday, the US Treasury Department announced it had imposed sanctions on Karim Khan, a British lawyer who is the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), an action taken on behalf of Israel. The sanctions came after President Trump signed an...
A group of UN experts have issued a statement on the ceasefire in Lebanon today, expressing outrage at Israel’s flagrant violations, including the killing of civilians trying to return to their homes, and the systematic destruction of those homes during the nominal...
