On Wednesday, the House passed the mammoth $895 billion 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual military spending bill that includes funding for the Pentagon and some military-related funding for other government agencies. The bill passed in a vote...
Israeli ceasefire violations against southern Lebanon continued Wednesday, with airstrikes reported against the towns of Ainata, Bint Jbeil and Beit Lif. The Lebanese Health Ministry reported that at least five people were killed in the strikes and others wounded....
The US had to give the Kurdish-led SDF an ultimatum to withdraw from the northern Syrian city of Manbij and cede it to the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA), Al-Monitor reported on Wednesday. According to the report, the US brokered a ceasefire deal between...
Israeli attacks on northern and central Gaza killed at least 29 Palestinians on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reported, citing medical sources in the Strip. Gaza's Health Ministry said in its daily update, which it puts out about mid-day Gaza time, that at least 19 were...
The Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday that Ukrainian forces had launched another attack on Russian territory with US-provided Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), which have a range of up to 190 miles. Russia's TASS news agency reported that Ukraine...
Ukrainian intelligence had provided Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an offshoot of al-Qaeda, with drone support weeks before the group launched the offensive in Syria that ousted former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. "Ukrainian...
On Tuesday, US Central Command said two US Navy destroyers and three US commercial ships came under an attack launched by Yemen's Houthis while transiting the Gulf of Aden. The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, took credit for the attack, saying they targeted...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday that Belarus is hosting dozens of Russian nuclear weapons and is preparing to receive Russia's new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile, known as the Oreshnik. "I have deployed nuclear warheads here....
Taiwan said on Tuesday that mainland China deployed a large number of warships and planes around the island following Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te's visits to the US. According to The South China Morning Post, Taiwan has monitored the most significant...
On Tuesday, the US announced that it disbursed a $20 billion loan for Ukraine that will be paid back using interest earned on frozen Russian Central Bank assets, a step that marks an escalation of the Western economic war against Russia. The $20 billion is part of a...
