President Donald Trump posted an image on Truth Social Saturday showing the Strait of Hormuz as “new US territory.” It is the second time he posted the graphic this month. The Strait of Hormuz has become a major issue in efforts to end the Middle East war. Before the...
Update: US Ambassador Tom Barrack walked back the remarks he made on Friday. “United States policy on the Golan was set by President Trump in 2019 and is unchanged,” he said in a statement to The Associated Press on Sunday. The US Ambassador to Turkey said the Golan...
Russia struck the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and the surrounding region with a massive barrage of drones and missiles in an hours-long night attack that killed 16 people, officials said Thursday. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that it hit military-industrial...
The Israeli Prime Minister’s office said that Tel Aviv does not support an international force entering Gaza or rebuilding the Strip until Hamas disarms. “Contrary to media reports, the political echelon has not approved the entry of the international force to the...
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent called on China to help enforce President Donald Trump’s economic war on Iran. Trump announced the escalating sanctions against Iran in a Truth Social post on Wednesday. “No one has given the Islamic Republic of Iran a greater...
The Trump administration is increasing sanctions on Cuba, in the form of new economic penalties for Cuban industries as well as expanding enforcement of laws that bar Americans who visit the island from dealings with government-owned or -affiliated businesses. The...
Israeli fighter jets bombed a military base in northern Syria. Turkish troops near the base were alarmed by the Israeli attack. “Turkish forces were not aware that the Israeli aircraft were en route to that specific Syrian base, nor of their intended purpose, and...
US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that the USS George Washington aircraft carrier strike group had arrived in the Arabian Sea. The USS Washington will replace the USS Abraham Lincoln after multiple reports of horrendous conditions for sailors on the aircraft...
North Korea test-fired several short-range ballistic missiles as the US and South Korea are engaging in war games. The South Korean military reported the North Korean missile test on Thursday. The missile launch occurred after President Trump requested a meeting with...
President Trump on Wednesday night said that he was launching what he described as the "most crushing economic operation ever' against Iran and threatened the economies of any countries that do business with the Islamic Republic. "No one has given the Islamic Republic...
