US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, visited the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln as it was operating in the Arabian Sea on Saturday after meeting with Iranian officials in Oman the day before. Trump deployed the US...
Nuclear Weapons Test Monitor Finds No Evidence for US Claim of Chinese Test
An international nuclear weapons testing monitor said on Friday that there was no evidence China conducted a nuclear test on June 22, 2020, after a US official accused Beijing of secretly conducting a test that day. "China has conducted nuclear explosive tests,...
Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians in Gaza as IDF Ceasefire Violations Continue
Israeli forces killed at least three Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, according to reports from the Strip, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed...
Syrian Officer Arrested Over Killing of Druze Civilians
The Syrian Internal Security Directorate has announced that one of their officers has been arrested for involvement in an attack on Saturday in which four Druze civilians were killed and one other was wounded. The shooting happened in the village of al-Matana, in...
Netanyahu To Meet Trump on Wednesday as Israel Pushes for Iran War
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday as Israel is pushing for a new war with Iran following talks between US and Iranian officials in Oman on Friday. Axios reported that Netanyahu was initially set to...
US Treasury Secretary Says US Sanctions Crushed Iran’s Economy and Sparked Protests
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday that the Trump administration's "maximum pressure campaign" against Iran was responsible for collapsing the country's economy and sparking the protests and unrest that began at the end...
Ahead of US-Iran Talks, Netanyahu Tells Cabinet ‘Conditions’ Could Lead to Regime Change in Tehran
The day before US and Iranian officials are set to hold talks in Oman, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a meeting of his security cabinet and told his top officials that certain "conditions" are in place that may lead to the downfall of the Iranian...
Arms Control Experts Warn of Threat to Global Security as New START Treaty Expires
Arms control experts issued a statement on Thursday warning of risks to global security due to the expiration of New START, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia, without a replacement. "We express our profound concern that, following the...
Trump Reverses Course on Chagos Islands, Says Starmer’s Deal ‘Best He Could Make’
Donald Trump said on Thursday, February 5, that he understood British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal, which transfers Diego Garcia to Mauritius while keeping the US-UK military base, was “the best he could make,” despite weeks of fiery criticism....
Trump Says US and Russia Should Negotiate New Nuclear Treaty Instead of Extending New START
President Trump has said that the US and Russia should negotiate a new nuclear arms control treaty instead of extending New START, the last piece of nuclear arms control between the two powers, which expired on Thursday. "Rather than extend 'NEW START' (A badly...


