The US military said Tuesday that it flew a US Navy P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane over the sensitive Taiwan Strait, prompting China to put its forces on alert and track the aircraft. The US typically frames its military activity in the Taiwan Strait as routine even...
The US claimed on Tuesday that it was unaware of Israel's plans to blow up thousands of pagers inside Lebanon, an attack that killed at least nine people and wounded thousands. State Department spokesman Matt Miller insisted the US "was not aware of this operation and...
Some of Ukraine's top military commanders opposed President Volodymyr Zelensky's plans to invade Russia's Kursk Oblast, but he went through with the assault anyway, POLITICO reported on Tuesday. The report, which cited Ukrainian military officials, said that Gen....
Gaza's Health Ministry said Tuesday that Israeli forces killed 26 Palestinians in Gaza in the previous 24-hour period and injured 84, bringing its death toll since October 7 to 41,252 and the number of wounded to 95,497. "The Israeli occupation committed three...
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has told Bloomberg that the official end date for the US-led anti-ISIS coalition will be announced soon and reiterated that Iraqi security forces no longer need the US's help to fight ISIS remnants. "We will announce the...
Updated at 7:40 am Eastern Time on 9/18/24 At least 12 people have been killed, and 2,750 have been wounded in Lebanon after pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded at the same time in a coordinated Israeli attack. Pagers also exploded in Syria, where unconfirmed...
Ryan Wesley Routh, the 58-year-old man arrested on Sunday for allegedly trying to kill former President Donald Trump, said in a book he published in February 2023 that he looked forward to World War III and hoped he could burn down the Kremlin. "I do dream of the day...
The Venezuelan government said over the weekend that it arrested six foreigners, including three American citizens, over an alleged plot to destabilize the country that included a plan to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro. Among the Americans arrested was Wilbert...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that direct talks with the US would be possible if Washington showed that it was not hostile toward Tehran. "We are not hostile towards the US. They should end their hostility towards us by showing their goodwill in...
US Africa Command said on Monday that it had completed its withdrawal from Niger by the September 15 deadline. The command said that the withdrawal of approximately 1,000 military personnel began in May. AFRICOM completed its withdrawal from Air Base 101 in Niamey on...
