Joe Kent, the former head of the National Counterterrorism Center, who resigned in opposition to the war with Iran, said on Sunday that the demand for Iran to give up all nuclear enrichment was a "poison pill" that appeared to be responsible for the lack of a deal...
US Africa Command said on Friday that its forces launched more airstrikes in Somalia on April 6 and April 7 as the US bombing campaign in the East African country continues with virtually no media coverage. AFRICOM said the strikes targeted the ISIS affiliate based in...
The Lebanese Health Ministry has reported this weekend that the death toll in the escalation of Israel's war on Lebanon has passed 2,000 killed. The latest figure was that the war has killed 2,020 Lebanese, including 248 women, 165 children, and at least 85 civilian...
An Israeli strike on a funeral in the Tyre district of Abbasiyeh killed four people from the same family over the weekend, including infant Taleen Saeed, who was under two years old and was there for her father’s funeral. Saeed’s father was killed on Wednesday, during...
Updated on April 12, 2026, at 8:49 pm EST President Trump declared on Sunday that he was ordering the US Navy to impose a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, and the US military announced it would begin blocking all ships leaving or traveling to Iranian ports starting...
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran's parliament, said in a post on X on Thursday night that "time is running out" for the US and Israel to honor the ceasefire agreement by putting an end to Israel's attacks on Lebanon. Ghalibaf's post included the image of...
The US-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran that began on February 28 killed more than 3,000 Iranians, Iran's forensic chief told Iranian media on Thursday, as US-Israeli attacks on the country appear to be paused. The Iranian official, Abbas Masjedi, disclosed the figure...
President Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Thursday night that the US military would remain near Iran, prepared to take action until an agreement is reached, and that it was ready for its "next conquest," a warning that comes amid a very shaky ceasefire between...
The true total of US national security spending in 2027 will exceed $2.5 trillion, far beyond the already record-shattering $1.5 trillion military budget President Trump has requested, according to veteran defense analyst Winslow Wheeler. Wheeler, who spent decades...
A nine-year-old girl was shot in the neck and killed by the IDF in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on Thursday while she was attending class in a tent, health and education officials in the Strip told Reuters. The girl, Ritaj Rihan, a third-grade student, was hit with the...
