The Pentagon has awarded Raytheon, the former employer of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, a $68 million contract to supply Taiwan with air-to-surface glide bombs. The contract is for 50 AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapons (JSOW), which can be fired by Taiwan’s fleet of...
Discussing its ongoing military strikes against Hezbollah in recent months, Israel claims that some 3,000 Hezbollah sites have been hit in Syria and Lebanon over that period of time. It is difficult to confirm the number of strikes claimed, as often media reports are...
The White House has walked back a false claim it made about the US notifying the Iraq government before launching a series of airstrikes across eastern Syria and western Iraq on Friday. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby claimed on Friday that...
Half of American adults believe the brutal Israeli assault on Gaza has gone "too far," according to a new poll from AP-NORC. The poll, conducted from January 25-29, found 50% of respondents thought the slaughter went too far, compared with 40% when the same question...
At least six members of the US-backed Kurdish-led SDF were killed in a drone attack that hit a US base in eastern Syria late Sunday night as regional tensions continue to escalate. The drone targeted a base at the US-occupied al-Omar oil field in eastern Syria's Deir...
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Sunday unveiled a massive $118 billion spending bill that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, as well as spending for President Biden's new war with Yemen's Houthis. The bill is the result of months of...
Russia said on Sunday that at least 28 people were killed in the Ukrainian shelling of a bakery in Lysychansk, a city in the Russian-controlled Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The bakery was hit on Saturday afternoon, and the death toll rose as emergency workers...
On Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani declared three days of mourning for the Iraqis killed by US airstrikes that were launched on Friday. According to a statement from al-Sudani's media office, the prime minister declared the days of mourning...
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Sunday refused to rule out direct US airstrikes inside Iran while discussing the widespread bombing the US launched in Iraq and Syria on Friday. Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union," Sullivan signaled the bombing campaign...
The US and the UK launched another round of joint missile strikes in Yemen on Saturday night as the situation in the Red Sea continues to escalate, and the Houthis show no sign of backing down. US Central Command said strikes were launched against 13 targets in 36...
