The head of US Africa Command said on Tuesday that the US has deployed a "small team" of troops to Nigeria, comments that come more than a month after the US launched its first missile strikes in the country on Christmas Day. It's unclear when the US troops were sent...
Updated on February 3, 2026, at 9:20 pm EST The US military shot down an Iranian drone in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, according to US Central Command, as the US is building up its forces in the region to prepare for a potential attack on Iran Tim Hawkins, a spokesman...
Russia said on Tuesday that the US still hasn't responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal regarding the New START, the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two powers, which is set to expire on Thursday, February 5. New START doesn't...
Fresh off a Sunday where UNIFIL peacekeepers’ operations were disrupted by Israel dropping unknown chemicals in their vicinity and warning them to “take cover,” the peacekeepers were back on patrol in the area of Kfar Kela, along the Lebanon-Israel border. Israel...
Iraq's judiciary announced on Monday that it has begun investigating more than 1,300 ISIS detainees who the US recently transferred from Syria after Syrian government forces captured territory held by the Kurdish-led SDF, where the ISIS fighters were held....
The US and Israel on Monday announced that their militaries held joint naval drills a day earlier, exercises that come amid a major US military buildup in the region to prepare for a potential attack on Iran. US Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet announced the...
US envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, according to media reports, as the US continues building up its forces in the Middle East to prepare for a potential attack on Iran. According to...
Jack Lew, who served as President Biden's ambassador to Israel, stopped a memo from reaching senior Biden administration officials in early 2024 that described north Gaza as an "Apocalyptic Wasteland" with dire shortages of food and medical aid, Reuters reported on...
Adding to Israel’s ongoing hostility to the UN peacekeeping operation in southern Lebanon, the UNIFIL reported Sunday’s operations near the Blue Line were disrupted when the IDF began dropping an unidentified chemical on the area near the peacekeepers. The UNIFIL said...
Israel continues to flout the Lebanon ceasefire, launching multiple strikes against southern Lebanon on Monday and issuing an evacuation order forcing civilians out of Ain Qana and Kfar Tibnit before a salvo of strikes against those towns. Strikes were also reported...
