US and European officials are finally broaching the possibility of peace talks with Russia in conversations with the Ukrainian government, NBC News reported on Friday. The position marks a notable shift in US policy toward the war as the US and its closest allies have...
During a trip to Israel, America’s top diplomat pushed Tel Aviv to agree to limited “humanitarian pauses” to allow aid into Gaza and facilitate negotiations for Hamas to release prisoners. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said there would not be a temporary pause in...
The US rolled out its 50th weapons package for Ukraine. The arms shipment will include air defenses, artillery rounds, and anti-armor weapons. The Pentagon will purchase $300 million in arms on behalf of Kyiv, depleting all the funds in the Ukraine Security Assistance...
The House on Thursday passed a bill to provide Israel with $14.3 billion in military aid, a strong show of support for the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, which has killed over 9,000 people so far. The Republican-authored bill would cut funds from the Internal Revenue...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the war in Gaza and what will come afterwards if Israel is successful in rooting out Hamas. US officials told Axios that Blinken will discuss the idea of...
Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Gen. Valery Zaluzhny acknowledged in comments to The Economist that the war in Ukraine is a stalemate and that there will "most likely" be no Ukrainian breakthrough. "Just like in the First World War, we have reached the level of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a bill into law that formally withdrew Russia's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The CTBT prohibits all nuclear weapons tests but has not been ratified by many nuclear powers,...
The House on Wednesday passed a resolution that suggested the US would use force against Iran in the future in the name of preventing the country from acquiring nuclear weapons. The resolution says a nuclear-armed Iran is "unacceptable" and declares that it's the...
Twenty-seven days into Israel's brutal bombing campaign, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) became the first member of the US Senate to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Asked in an interview on CNN whether it's time to call for a ceasefire, Durbin replied, "I think it is." "At...
Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), a former member of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), dismissed the idea there are "innocent Palestinian civilians" in a debate on the House floor. "I would encourage the other side to not so lightly throw around the idea of innocent Palestinian...
