Nearly 48 hours of relative quiet likely fueled hopes for calm on the Lebanon-Israel border over the past couple of days. It wasn’t totally quiet, of course, as Israel continued to launch attacks on towns in the Tyre District. But there was no rocket fire into Israel....
US lawmakers have passed a bill reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a law which allows the government to surveil American citizens without a warrant. A small group of Republicans previously blocked the vote but allowed it to proceed...
Iran has warned that American involvement in a conflict between Tel Aviv and Tehran would lead to increased attacks on US troops in the Middle East, according to three unnamed sources cited by Axios. Several American and Israeli officials have stated they expect Iran...
The head of US European Command told Congress that training Ukrainian pilots on advanced American-made fighter jets was progressing slowly. One of the primary suppliers of F-16s to Ukraine, the Netherlands, said that only half of its planes are combat ready. The...
Russia launched massive missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Thursday morning and destroyed one of Ukraine's largest power plants in the Kyiv region. The Russian Defense Ministry said the bombardment was in response to Ukrainian attacks on...
The head of US Central Command, Gen. Michael Kurilla, arrived in Israel on Thursday to coordinate on a potential Iranian attack that might come in retaliation for Israel's bombing of Iran's consulate in Damascus. Kurilla was expected to meet with Israeli Defense...
Samantha Power, the head of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), said on Wednesday that some parts of northern Gaza are already experiencing famine, which has been created by Israel's US-backed bombardment and siege of the Strip. Power made the...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivered an address to Congress on Thursday and declared China the "greatest strategic challenge" facing the world. "Close coordination between Japan and the US is required more than ever to ensure that deterrence that our...
Limor Son Har-Melech, a member of the Israeli Knesset and the hardline Jewish Power party, has said there are secret Israeli plans to establish settlements in the Gaza Strip, The New Arab reported on Wednesday. Har-Melech told the Israeli Knesset's TV channel that...
Israeli War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz said on Wednesday that Israeli children in middle school -- who range from 12 to 15 years old -- will one day be fighting in the Gaza Strip. "The war with Hamas will take time. Youth in middle school will one day fight in the...
