The $1.2 trillion government funding package that President Biden signed into law on Saturday includes $3.8 billion in annual military aid for Israel and also cut funding for the UN's Palestinian relief agency, UNRWA, as Gaza is on the brink of famine. The US provides...
Six senior House Democrats sent a letter to President Biden on Saturday urging him to invoke US foreign assistance laws to suspend military aid to Israel due to the country's starvation blockade on Gaza "Given the catastrophic and devolving humanitarian situation in...
The Israeli government has confiscated a swath of territory in the occupied West Bank to make way for a new settlement block, designating nearly 2,000 acres as “state land.” The decision comes weeks after Tel Aviv greenlit the construction of thousands of additional...
Reports from several outlets say that the United States is trying to incentivize diplomatic deals with Lebanon by offering funding to the Lebanese military to replace Hezbollah in the far south of the country. The US is offering to pay for “comprehensive military...
US officials are losing patience as Kiev fails to heed American demands to stop attacking Russian energy infrastructure. The White House fears the attacks will lead to an increase in oil prices and trigger reprisals by Moscow. According to the Financial Times, “The...
China and Russia used their veto power at the UN Security Council to kill a US-sponsored resolution that said there was a need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, with other countries arguing its language was watered down. The US previously rejected a series of...
A Pentagon official on Thursday insisted that the military-led government in Niger, known as the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), has not formally asked US troops to leave the country despite declaring the US presence is no longer legally...
Yemen's Houthis have assured Russia and China that their ships won't be attacked while transiting the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea during recent talks in Oman, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The report said that in exchange for the assurances, China and Russia may...
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said Thursday that Russia's production of artillery shells has increased by nearly 2.5 times over the past year as Moscow is significantly out-producing the West. Shoigu also said that Russia was producing components for...
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer has vowed that Israel will invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah even if it causes a rift with the US, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Any Israeli attack on Rafah would incur huge civilian casualties since 1.5...
