Iraq had a parliamentary election in late 2025, with the results ratified in mid-December. This, as usual, led to a scramble to try to form a majority coalition out of a large number of political parties that gained meaningful seats in a situation where the plurality...
The US attacked a boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing two people. The US has destroyed at least three dozen alleged drug vessels, killing over 100 people. “On Jan. 23, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a...
Israel is once again carrying out airstrikes across southern and eastern Lebanon today, with strikes killing at least two people and wounding one other, and the IDF offering the usual pretext that the targets were all Hezbollah infrastructure of one form or another....
The White House is stepping up its effort to remove the government of Iran by imposing new sanctions on oil shipping and engaging in a significant military buildup that could be the prelude to a war on the Islamic Republic. “We’re watching Iran. We have a big force...
On Tuesday, the Syrian government announced a four-day ceasefire with the Kurdish SDF, which came with what appeared to amount to an ultimatum to agree to the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) terms for integrating with the central government. The fighting never really...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman explained that the Americans were in a rush to secure an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Over the weekend, Putin met with President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner. "The situation is...
The Kurdish SDF has reported that one of their fighters was involved in an apparent massacre in the village of Kharous, near the important border city of Kobane. The incident gained major national attention after a video was released online of the killer bragging...
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved an $838.7 billion fiscal 2026 defense spending bill, moving one of the largest appropriations measures in U.S. history toward final passage in the Senate. In a 341-88 vote that crossed party lines, lawmakers advanced...
The Donald Trump administration hopes to execute a regime change in Cuba by the end of 2026, according to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal. The report comes just weeks after the US military kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on dubious drug charges....
The House of Representatives failed to pass legislation that would block President Donald Trump from waging war in Venezuela. The vote ended in a tie, 215-215, with two Republicans voting with all Democrats for the War Powers Resolution on Venezuela. One Republican...
