The US military will set up temporary bases to deploy missile units along Japan's southern islands in the event of a Taiwan contingency, Japan's Kyodo News reported on Sunday. The report said that under the first part of a joint US-Japan operation plan, a new Marine...
At least 11 people were wounded today as hundreds of rockets were fired by Hezbollah against the major Israeli city of Tel Aviv. A large number of buildings were reported hit in the attack, and there is extensive damage, though exactly how extensive isn’t totally...
Israeli troops helped an Israeli settler leader scout locations for potential Jewish Settlements in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Friday. According to The Times of Israel, Daniella Weiss, leader of the extremist Nachala movement, was touring the Israeli...
On Saturday, Hamas's armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, said Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza killed a female Israeli hostage. Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obeida said Hamas re-established contact with a unit that was holding the hostage after several weeks...
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said in an interview published Saturday that Ukraine could fire French-provided long-range missiles into Russian territory following US and British authorization of such strikes. France has provided Ukraine with its version of...
Last week, the Pentagon revealed that US troops are deployed as part of a task force to support the Philippines in its dispute with China in the South China Sea, a deployment that is a significant provocation toward Beijing. The US Task Force Ayungin is named after...
Israeli attacks against the Baalbek-Hermel Province in eastern Lebanon continued into Sunday, with multiple strikes targeting towns and villages across the area. Though the region is considered a Hezbollah stronghold, today’s casualties appear to be entirely...
Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip killed at least 155 Palestinians over 72 hours, according to death toll updates released by Gaza's Health Ministry. On Saturday, the Health Ministry said Israeli forces killed 120 Palestinians and wounded over the previous 48-hour...
Israel attacking civilian targets without warning has become almost de rigueur in Lebanon these days. Overnight, however, the surprise attacks reached a new level, with Israel leveling an 8-storey apartment building in Central Beirut with a bunker buster bomb. The...
In a 19-3 vote with 12 abstentions, the IAEA agreed to rebuke Iran for a “lack of cooperation.” The vote was driven by the US, UK, and their allies. Russia and China both voted against the resolution, along with Burkina Faso. The timing of the decision was...
