The House on Wednesday passed a resolution that suggested the US would use force against Iran in the future in the name of preventing the country from acquiring nuclear weapons. The resolution says a nuclear-armed Iran is "unacceptable" and declares that it's the...
Twenty-seven days into Israel's brutal bombing campaign, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) became the first member of the US Senate to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Asked in an interview on CNN whether it's time to call for a ceasefire, Durbin replied, "I think it is." "At...
Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), a former member of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), dismissed the idea there are "innocent Palestinian civilians" in a debate on the House floor. "I would encourage the other side to not so lightly throw around the idea of innocent Palestinian...
The UN's Human Rights Office said Wednesday that Israeli airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp could be a war crime due to the high number of civilian casualties. "Given the high number of civilian casualties & the scale of destruction following Israeli...
The Israeli military has said 16 Israeli soldiers have been killed fighting in Gaza since Israel launched its invasion of the besieged enclave. Clashes were reported in several parts of the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday as the Israeli military claimed it broke...
After weeks of enduring a vicious bombing campaign, some dual nationals and severely wounded Palestinians were allowed to leave Gaza through the Rafah border crossing into Egypt. An Egyptian official told CNN that 361 foreign passport holders and 81 severely wounded...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on Tuesday that there should be "no limit" on how many civilian casualties Israel incurs in its bombardment of Gaza. Graham made the comments while appearing on CNN after Israel bombed the Jabalia refugee camp in north Gaza, killing...
Chinese and Japanese coast guard vessels faced off near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Monday, The South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday. The Senkaku Islands, known as the Diaoyu Islands in China, are uninhabited and controlled by Japan...
The US and Israel are considering establishing a multinational force to occupy the Gaza Strip if Israel successfully eliminates Hamas, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The idea would be to grant temporary oversight of Gaza to countries in the region backed by a force...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lobbied European leaders to pressure Egypt into allowing Palestinian refugees into its territory from Gaza, Financial Times reported on Monday. The report, which cited people familiar with the talks, said the discussions...
