The US approved new arms sales for Taiwan on Friday, a day before Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te arrived in Hawaii for a two-day visit as part of a tour of the region. The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the Biden administration approved...
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged in an interview last week that the West is waging a "proxy war" against Russia in Ukraine and argued NATO hasn't done enough to achieve victory. "We’re waging a proxy war, but we’re not giving our proxies the...
Media reports are adhering to the idea that the Lebanon ceasefire continues to hold. However, there is an awful lot of firing in southern Lebanon for that to actually be true. Israel began carrying out attacks on Thursday, and those attacks have escalated...
On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was willing to temporarily cede territory to Russia to bring an end to the war in exchange for NATO protection over Ukraine. "If we want to stop the hot stage of the war, we should take under [the] NATO...
After several days of blisteringly fast gain, the Syrian Islamist rebel force led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has forced Syrian Army forces to withdraw and has taken the major northern city of Aleppo. There has been video footage of rebel forces outside the police...
Beginning late Wednesday, the Syrian Islamist rebel faction Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched a major offensive out of the Idlib Province into the Aleppo Province. The result is heavy fighting and airstrikes, and it is now being reported HTS has reached the city of...
The Syrian Civil War never really ended, but it certainly had quieted down for a time, with various factions confined to various areas, and the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) seeming stuck in Idlib Province. Today the war is flaring up again in a big way. HTS...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday suggested Russia could strike "decision-making centers" in Ukraine with its new Oreshnik missile as a potential response to Ukraine firing US and British missiles into Russian territory. "The Defense Ministry and the...
The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire began Wednesday morning. Less than two days later, it seems to be faltering, with multiple reports of Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon, and claims of violations by both sides. Israel carried out an airstrike against the outskirts of...
Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday that Israeli attacks in Gaza killed 48 Palestinians and wounded 53 over the previous 24-hour period, based on the number of dead and wounded Palestinians who were brought to hospitals and morgues. Attacks on Thursday included...
