Updated on July 15, 2025, at 2:50 pm EST President Trump has encouraged Ukraine to step up strikes deep inside Russia and even asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky if his forces were capable of striking Moscow if the US provided longer-range weapons, the...
US Africa Command Says It Has Launched 51 Airstrikes in Somalia So Far This Year
US Africa Command has announced that it launched two separate airstrikes in Somalia on Sunday, as the Trump administration is continuing to bomb the country at a record pace, an air war that is receiving virtually no coverage in US media. AFRICOM said that the strikes...
Israel Kills 88 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours in Latest Massacres
Gaza's Health Ministry said on Tuesday that Israeli attacks killed at least 88 Palestinians and wounded 278 over the previous 24-hour period as relentless US-backed Israeli strikes continue to massacre women and children in the besieged territory. The Health Ministry...
Senate NDAA Would Add $32 Billion to Trump’s $1 Trillion 2026 Military Budget
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has approved its version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would add approximately $32 billion to President Trump's planned military budget of $1.01 trillion. The SASC's NDAA would provide $924.7...
Khamenei Advisor Says No Nuclear Talks If US Demands Iran Abandon Uranium Enrichment
A senior advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that the US must respect Iran's "red lines" if it wants to resume nuclear negotiations and not demand that Tehran abandon uranium enrichment. "They say Iran must abandon uranium...
Church Leaders Visit Christian West Bank Village Under Israeli Settler Attack
The leaders of Christian churches in the Holy Land visited the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday to show support amid increasing settler attacks. The Council of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of Jerusalem said in a...
US Pressing Japan and Australia on What They Would Do If the US Goes to War With China Over Taiwan
The Pentagon is pressing Japan and Australia to make clear what role they would play if the US goes to war with China over Taiwan, the Financial Times reported over the weekend. The report said that the Pentagon's policy chief, Elbridge Colby, has been pressing the...
Israel Attacks Tanks in Southern Syria, Claiming They Entered ‘Restricted Zone’
Adding to the difficulties in southern Syria’s Suwayda Governorate, Israel has carried out airstrikes against Syrian tanks in the village of Samee, claiming they had entered the “restricted zone” which they are forbidden from. The village is in the northwestern part...
Trump Announces Weapons Plan for Ukraine, Gives Russia 50-Day Deadline for Tariffs
President Trump on Monday met with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the White House and announced a plan to provide Ukraine with "billions of dollars" worth of US military equipment by selling US weapons to NATO countries that will be then transferred to the...
89 Killed, Around 200 Wounded as Druze-Bedouin Fighting in Southern Syria Rages
Fighting between the Druze population in Syria’s Suwayda Governorate and local Bedouin tribes continues to escalate after breaking out Sunday in the Suwayda neighborhood of Maqus. The most recent figures suggest at least 89 people have been killed in the fighting as...