Updated on April 19 at 5:38 pm EST President Trump said on Sunday that a US warship "blew a hole" in the engine room of an Iranian cargo ship that attempted to get past the US naval blockade of Iranian ports and claimed that US Marines now "have custody" of the...
US Africa Command said in a press release on Saturday that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on April 17, as the pace of US bombings in the country has escalated amid the very fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran. AFRICOM said that the strike targeted...
The UN's child relief agency, UNICEF, said in a statement on Friday that it was "outraged" after an Israeli attack that morning killed two drivers who were contracted by the agency to "provide clean water to families" in the Gaza Strip, as the IDF continues its...
Since the December 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria, the Israeli military has set up multiple semi-permanent military outposts within Syria’s southwest. There are growing signs that another such installation is planned, and locals are concerned. Israeli troops have been...
President Trump has threatened to "blow up" the "whole country" of Iran if Tehran doesn't agree to a deal that he is demanding it sign, as the very fragile ceasefire appears to be on the verge of collapsing. Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News...
Introduced late last week, the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is “holding” in the sense that it’s still being called a ceasefire, but with Israel’s weekend introduction of a Gaza-style “Yellow Line” it seems increasingly apparent this ceasefire will neither cease fire nor...
Within a day of opening the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic, Tehran reclosed it due to the US blockade of Iranian ports. President Donald Trump is preparing for the Navy to begin boarding Iranian vessels in international waters. In a statement, the Iranian...
President Trump declared on Friday, shortly after the start of the Israel-Lebanon 10-day ceasefire, that Israel was absolutely “PROHIBITED” by the United States from carrying out any strikes on Lebanon because “Enough is enough!!!” Mere minutes after that declaration...
President Donald Trump instructed Israel to halt its attacks on Lebanon. Iran said the truce with Lebanon was the reason it elected to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough...
A statement from the US State Department on the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire that went into effect at 5 pm EST on Thursday includes language that Israel will likely exploit to continue attacks on the country. The statement says that Israel "shall preserve its right to...
