Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant made clear to US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in a meeting in Israel on Monday that Israel will escalate in Rafah despite the White House's supposed objection to a major military operation in the city. "We are committed...
Some Republicans in Congress are celebrating the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and seven others in Iran's mountainous East Azerbaijan province. When the news first...
Ukrainian officials have launched a new push to pressure the US into allowing US-provided missile systems to be used in attacks on Russian territory, which would mark a significant escalation in the proxy war. A delegation of Ukrainian lawmakers has been in Washington...
US troops ordered to leave Niger will complete the withdrawal by mid-September under an agreement reached in talks between US and Nigerien officials. The Pentagon released a joint statement with Niger's Defense Ministry that said the two nations "have reached a...
On Monday, the International Criminal Court announced it was seeking arrest warrants for senior Israeli and Hamas leaders for "war crimes and crimes against humanity" related to the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel and the relentless Israeli bombing campaign...
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pair of Israeli airstrikes against Qusayr, in the area of Homs, were carried out on Monday, killing at least six pro-Iranian fighters and wounding a number of others. A headquarters building and a vehicle were...
On Sunday, ISIS issued a statement taking credit for Friday’s attack on a group that included foreign tourists in the central Afghan province of Bamyan. The attacks killed at least six people and wounded eight others. ISIS said the fighters “shot at Christian tourists...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that the purpose of Russia's offensive in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv was to create a "buffer zone" in response to Ukraine's attacks on Russia's Belgorod Oblast. "Now, about what is happening in the Kharkiv...
On Sunday, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for the Israeli military to invade and take over southern Lebanon if Hezbollah does not withdraw from the border. Smotrich called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to issue an ultimatum to Hezbollah. "A...
Israeli War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz has threatened that his party will leave the government if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't approve a long-term plan for Gaza. In a speech on Saturday, Gantz made a list of demands that he wants Netanyahu to approve,...
