The US has bombed another alleged drug-running boat in the waters of Latin America, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Saturday. Hegseth said the vessel was targeted in the Caribbean and, as usual, he provided no evidence to back up his claims about what the boat...
Barrack Denounces Lebanon as ‘Failed State’ as It Seeks Talks With Israel
US envoy Tom Barrack, who last week promised that his visit to Lebanon would be his last and that the US was demanding the country enter negotiations with Israel, is back to railing against the Lebanese officials, calling Lebanon a “failed state” over the weekend at a...
Hegseth Declines To Say Whether the US Is Planning To Bomb Venezuela
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Saturday declined to comment on whether the US was planning to bomb Venezuela amid a major US military buildup in the Caribbean and frequent strikes on alleged drug boats in the waters of Latin America. "Appreciate the question,...
Israeli Missile Strike Kills Four, Wounds Three in Southern Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz continue to threaten further escalation of attacks on southern Lebanon, even as they’ve already substantially increased the number of strikes they carry out in violation of the ceasefire there....
Vance Says the US Put ‘Leverage’ on Israel To Reach Gaza Ceasefire Deal
Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday that the US applied "leverage" to Israel to get it to agree to a Gaza ceasefire deal, marking the first public suggestion from a US official that it was necessary to put pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to...
Netanyahu Says the Israeli Military Will ‘Demilitarize’ Gaza If Foreign Troops Don’t
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the Israeli military would disarm Hamas and "demilitarize" Gaza if foreign troops don't. Netanyahu told the graduating class of Israeli military cadets that Israel has "more work" to do in Gaza. "At the...
Calls Grow for US To End Arms Sales to the UAE Amid RSF Atrocities in Sudan’s El-Fasher
Calls are growing for the US and other countries to end arms sales to the United Arab Emirates over its support for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the militia that has been executing civilians following its takeover of the city of el-Fasher in Sudan's western Darfur...
Pentagon Tells Congress It Doesn’t Know Who It’s Killing in Latin American Boat Strikes
US War Department officials don't know the identities of the 61 people who have been extra-judicially executed in US military strikes on boats in the waters near Venezuela and in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, POLITICO reported on Thursday, citing House Democrats who...
President Trump Says He Had a ‘Truly Great’ Meeting With China’s Xi
President Trump said on Thursday that he had a "truly great" meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, a sign that trade tensions between Washington and Beijing may ease. "I had a truly great meeting with President Xi of China. There is enormous...
Two Syrian Soldiers Killed Near Tishrin Dam, Military Blames Kurdish SDF
Two Syrian soldiers were killed and one was wounded Wednesday near the oft-contested Tishrin Dam in the northern Aleppo Governorate. What actually happened is a matter of contention, however, as the military accused the Kurdish SDF of attacking the soldiers with a...


