Shipping companies are avoiding using the US military-guided transit scheme through the Strait of Hormuz after several Iranian attacks on vessels in the area, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing shipping and maritime industry sources. The report said that Iran had...
President Trump is still refusing to acknowledge that the US was responsible for the strikes that hit an elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, on February 28, an attack that massacred over 100 school children, claiming in a Fox News interview that it's possible...
State Department hosted talks between Israel and Lebanon were once again cheered by the State Department today as “productive and positive,” which might explain why the US has cheerfully hosted no less than six rounds worth of such talks despite very little of...
An Israeli strike on Wednesday hit an apartment in central Gaza, killing a man, his wife, and their six-year-old daughter, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal. The attack in Deir el-Balah also injured a boy, who is the sole...
US Central Command said on Tuesday that its forces have reimposed the blockade of Iranian ports after it announced another round of strikes against Iran, marking the fourth consecutive day that the US has bombed Iran. CENTCOM said that at 3 pm EST, it began "launching...
Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked the advancement of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, citing President Trump's war with Iran, which continues to rage following the collapse of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding. The NDAA would provide the Pentagon...
A group of senators on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping Russia sanctions bill and urged its passing to "honor" Senator Lindsey Graham, who died over the weekend after a visit to Ukraine, where he announced that the White House and Congress reached an agreement to advance...
The majority of members of Iran's parliament have issued a statement saying that President Trump's "termination" of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding shows that Iran's problems with the US cannot be solved through negotiations. The statement, signed by 180 of...
New talks between Israel and Lebanon began today at the US Embassy to Rome, and while the last five rounds of talks have all ended in deals not particularly consequential, indications are that Israel is looking to scale back their already limited obligations under the...
President Trump on Tuesday backtracked on his demand for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz to pay the US a 20% fee, saying instead that he wants "trade and investment deals" from the Gulf Arab states. "Based on highly productive conversations with Middle East...
