In the latest pro-forma statement on Iran’s civilian nuclear program, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that he believes the US should return to the JCPOA, the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that originally included the entire P5+1 membership. This group includes the...
The UN’s highest court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has issued a ruling on Israel’s presence in occupied Palestinian territories, saying it is unlawful and must come to an end as rapidly as possible. The non-binding ruling comes amid an open-ended war in...
On Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said she noted comments from former President Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance about ending the war in Ukraine but said Moscow needed to be "realistic" about the prospect. "We saw the...
According to US Central Command, the US and its partner forces were involved in 196 missions against ISIS in Iraq and Syria that killed 44 ISIS operatives during the first half of 2024. In Iraq, CENTCOM said it was involved in 137 operations with government forces...
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Thursday that Moscow won't rule out deploying nuclear missiles in response to the US planning to deploy missile systems to Germany in 2026 that were previously banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF)...
Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir made a provocative visit to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday as part of his effort to thwart a hostage deal with Hamas. Ben Gvir, leader of the Jewish Power party, said in...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced Wednesday that the Israeli military was setting up a field hospital inside Israel to treat Palestinian children from Gaza, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vetoed the plan. Netanyahu's office said that it...
On Thursday morning, an Israeli drone struck the village of Ghazzeh, in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, almost 25 miles across the border. The attack hit a vehicle, killing a man identified as Muhammed Jabara. Jabara was reported by Israel as being a commander in...
On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise trip to visit Israeli troops in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah and said Israel must maintain control of the Gaza-Egypt border, known as the Philadelphi Corridor. Netanyahu has previously...
Germany is planning to cut its spending on military aid for Ukraine in half next year and is telling Kyiv to look elsewhere for more funding. According to Germany's draft budget for 2025, Berlin will bring its spending on Ukraine to 4 billion euros ($4.35 billion),...
