US Africa Command said on Wednesday that it launched multiple airstrikes in Somalia a day earlier that it said targeted ISIS. The US-backed Mogadishu-based government said the strikes were carried out in the Golis mountains in Puntland, a northern semi-autonomous...
Macron Says Not All European Leaders Agree on Sending Troops to Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron hosted about 30 leaders in Paris on Thursday to discuss plans for Ukraine and acknowledged that not all European countries want to send troops to the country as part of a potential future peace deal. "It's not unanimous," Macron said...
Israeli Drone Strikes Kill Four, Injure Others in Southern Lebanon
Last week’s rocket fire toward Israel continues to be used as an excuse for escalating Israeli drone strikes against southern Lebanon. Those rockets didn’t hit anything or do any damage to anyone, but the Israeli drones are killing several people, with four more slain...
Trump Says He Will Continue Bombing Yemen for a ‘Long Time’
President Trump on Wednesday claimed that the US's daily airstrikes on Yemen have been "very successful" and vowed the bombing campaign would continue for a "long time." The US started bombing Yemen again on March 15 in response to the Houthis, officially known as...
US Launches 15 Airstrikes Around Yemen’s Capital Sanaa
The US continued to pound Yemen with airstrikes on Wednesday night, with Al Mayadeen reporting 15 US airstrikes on the southern and northeastern outskirts of the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. An Al Mayadeen correspondent reported that some of the strikes hit targets near...
Macron Says Potential European Force in Ukraine Could ‘Respond’ to Russian Attacks
French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that a potential European military force he envisions being deployed to Ukraine as part of a peace deal could "respond" to Russian attacks, a scenario that would risk nuclear war. "If there was again a generalized...
US Bomber Deployment to Diego Garcia Suggests Heavier Airstrikes on Yemen Could Be Coming
The US has significantly increased the presence of heavy bombers at its base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, signaling the US could launch heavier airstrikes on Yemen. According to open-source reports, the US has sent five B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and at least...
Federal Agents Arrest Tufts Student as Part of Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Speech
On Tuesday, ICE agents arrested a PhD student at Tufts University, a private university in Massachusetts, an arrest that appears to be part of the Trump administration's crackdown on pro-Palestine speech. Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish citizen in the US on an F-1 student...
Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill 38 More Palestinians Over 24 Hours
Gaza's Health Ministry said Wednesday that at least 38 Palestinians were killed and 124 were injured by Israeli strikes over the previous 24-hour period as the Israeli military continues attacks across the Gaza Strip. The Health Ministry's figures are based on the...
Full Signal Chat Reveals US Officials Celebrated Bombing a Residential Building in Yemen
The full Signal chat between Trump administration officials discussing bombing Yemen revealed that top US officials celebrated an airstrike that flattened a residential building, which likely killed many civilians. Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic,...