Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that Russia will maintain the limits on its nuclear arsenal imposed by the now-expired New START treaty if the US does the same. New START was the last nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia and...
US Bombs Somalia for 30th Time This Year
US Africa Command has announced in a press release that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on February 10, marking at least the 30th US airstrike in the country this year as the Trump administration continues bombing the country at a record pace. The command...
Lebanon to Debate Effort to Monopolize Arms North of Litani River Next Week
Lebanon’s Army announced in January that they had implemented the plan to monopolize arms under government control south of the Litani River, in line with the ceasefire requirements from the November 2024 ceasefire that ended the Israeli invasion. Hezbollah, the...
Member of Trump’s ‘Religious Liberty Commission’ Removed After Questioning Claim That Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitic
A member of the Trump administration's "Commission on Religious Liberty" has been removed after a hearing turned contentious over her objection to the idea that anti-Zionism is antisemitism. Carrie Prejean Boller, a Catholic conservative activist and model, took issue...
US Military Used New Laser Weapon To Shoot Down a Party Balloon It Thought Was a Drone Near El Paso
The US military used a new high-energy laser weapon earlier this week to shoot down a party balloon that it initially thought was a foreign drone near El Paso, Texas, according to a US official speaking to Fox News. The official said the US military had been testing...
Report: US Forces Pull Out of Al-Tanf Base in Southern Syria
Update on February 12 at 1:56 pm EST: US Central Command issued a statement on Thursday confirming the US withdrawal from Al-Tanf US forces have withdrawn from the Al-Tanf Garrison, a base in southern Syria near the borders of Iraq and Jordan, according to a report...
Trump Says ‘Nothing Definitive’ Reached in ‘Very Good’ Meeting With Netanyahu
President Trump said on Wednesday that "nothing definitive" was reached during what he described as "very good" talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. "I have just finished meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu, of Israel, and various...
Netanyahu Officially Joins ‘Board of Peace’ During US Visit as His Forces Continue Killing Palestinians in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday officially joined President Trump's so-called "Board of Peace," which is meant to oversee a ceasefire deal in Gaza despite the IDF's constant violations of the truce and daily killing of Palestinians in the Strip....
Tom Barrack Says HTS-Led Syrian Government’s Participation in Anti-ISIS Coalition Marks a ‘New Chapter’
Tom Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey who also serves as an envoy to Syria, wrote on X on Tuesday that the participation of the new Syrian government -- led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an offshoot of al-Qaeda -- in a US-led anti-ISIS coalition meeting marks a "new...
Six Killed, Scores Wounded as Saudi-backed Forces Shoot Separatist Protesters in South Yemen
Rallies in favor of the separatist STC group in South Yemen continue to grow, and while the largest have been in the city of Aden, substantial protests are being reported elsewhere, including the Shabwa Governorate capital of Ataq. The rally in Ataq turned ugly today,...


