US officials told POLITICO that the Biden administration is preparing a "larger than normal" weapons package for Ukraine that will include armored vehicles and arms to support Ukraine's artillery and air defense capabilities. The package is expected to include Bradley...
On Monday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry reaffirmed that Tehran is not seeking a nuclear bomb and that weapons have no place in Iran's nuclear doctrine. "Iran has repeatedly said its nuclear program only serves peaceful purposes. Nuclear weapons have no place in our...
US troops in Iraq and Syria came under two separate rocket and drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Reuters reported Monday, citing US and Iraqi officials. The officials said the attacks were the first since a nearly three-month pause started in February. The Iraqi...
On Saturday, President Biden signed a bill into law extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which gives the federal government the power to spy on Americans without a warrant. The Senate passed the Section 702 extension at 11:45 pm...
On Wednesday, 18 Israelis were wounded, some severely, in Arab al-Aramshe when a Hezbollah drone exploded, and a pair of rockets were fired at the site. Today, Israel revealed that a deputy company commander among the wounded reservists has died. The slain man was...
Iranian officials have downplayed Israel's drone attack on Iranian territory, signaling there will be no response. "What happened last night was not a strike," Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told NBC News on Friday. "They were more like toys that our...
Israeli strikes hit the southern Gaza city of Rafah Saturday night into Sunday morning, killing 22 people, including 18 children, The Associated Press reported. The bombardment came just hours after the US House of Representatives passed a $26 billion bill that...
The US is considering increasing its small military presence in Ukraine by sending up to 60 additional military advisers, POLITICO reported on Saturday, the same day the House approved $61 billion in spending for the proxy war. Four unnamed US officials told POLITICO...
The Biden administration has agreed to a request from Niger's military-led government to withdraw US troops from the West African nation. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell told Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine that the US planned to leave during a...
US lawmakers passed a raft of legislation containing some $95 billion in military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, also approving a bill that will allow Washington to hand Kiev assets seized from Russia and pave the way for a ban on TikTok. The aid bills passed by...
