Vice President JD Vance on Thursday criticized the Israeli Knesset vote that advanced a bill to annex the Israeli-occupied West Bank while he was visiting Israel, calling it a "stupid political stunt." The vote on Wednesday was a preliminary step, and the bill would...
Trump Suggests US Strikes on Alleged Drug Shipments on ‘Land’ Are Coming Soon
President Trump on Wednesday suggested that US strikes on alleged drug shipments "on land" could be coming soon amid the US bombing campaign targeting boats in Latin America. Trump has made similar comments before, and according to multiple media reports, the US is...
US Adds Sanctions on Russian Oil Companies, Demands End To Ukraine War
The US Treasury Department on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Russian oil companies and demanded that Moscow end its war in Ukraine, marking the first US sanctions targeting Moscow over the conflict of this Trump administration. The sanctions targeted Russia's...
Vance and Netanyahu Deny That Israel Is a ‘Protectorate State’ of the US
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday denied that Israel was a "protectorate state" or a "vassal" of the US after being questioned about the growing criticism of the US-Israel relationship and Israel's reliance on US...
US Bombs Boat It Claims Was Carrying Drugs in the Pacific Ocean, Marking Expansion of Campaign
The US military has carried out its eighth known strike on a boat it claimed, without providing evidence, was carrying drugs, but this time the vessel was bombed in the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to US War Secretary Pete Hegseth. The previous seven boats were...
Dozens of Unidentified Palestinian Bodies Returned by Israel Buried in Mass Grave in Gaza
The bodies of 54 deceased, unidentified Palestinians that were returned by Israel were buried in a mass grave in central Gaza on Wednesday as Israel returned more remains to the Strip under the ceasefire agreement. Gaza's Health Ministry said on Wednesday that it...
Israeli Forces Raid Syrian Village, Expand Number of Military Sites Inside Syria
Israeli troops continue to expand their presence in southwestern Syria, with more and more military incursions and the establishment of yet further military outposts on Syrian soil, despite active negotiations with the Syrian government that are meant to see a return...
US Bombs Somalia for 83rd Time This Year
US Africa Command said in a press release on Wednesday that its forces carried out an airstrike in Somalia's northeastern Puntland region on October 20, marking at least the 83rd time the US has bombed Somalia this year. AFRICOM offered no details about the strike...
Three Druze Killed, Four Wounded in Attack in Syria’s Idlib
A gunman on a motorcycle attacked a passenger van full of Druze civilians on Tuesday in Syria’s Idlib Governorate, killing at least three Druze and wounding four others. Most of the casualties were women. The attack was in the northern Idlib countryside, on the...
Israeli Knesset Advances Bill To Annex the West Bank During Vance Visit
The Israeli Knesset on Wednesday advanced a bill to annex the Israeli-occupied West Bank as Vice President JD Vance is visiting Israel. According to Haaretz, the bill to annex the Palestinian territory passed a preliminary vote in a vote of 25-24 and still needs to go...


