Updated at 9:16 pm EST on July 30, 2024 An Israeli airstrike targeted the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday, a step that could escalate the Israel-Hezbollah conflict into a full-blown war. Israel said that it targeted a senior Hezbollah...
On Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $500 million in new military aid for the Philippines while they were in Manila. Their visit comes amid soaring tensions with China in the region. According to a joint...
US officials on Monday accused Venezuela of election manipulation and suggested more sanctions could be imposed on the country after President Nicolas Maduro secured a third six-year presidential term. Venezuela's election authority said Maduro won 51% of the vote...
On Monday, Israeli military police detained Israeli soldiers who were suspected of raping a Palestinian prisoner at the notorious Sde Teiman prison in southern Israel. Israeli media reported that the Palestinian prisoner was transferred from Sde Teiman to a hospital...
The EU on Friday announced it was transferring about $1.6 billion in frozen Russian Central Bank assets to Ukraine for the purchase of weapons. The step is the first time the EU has dipped into the frozen Russian assets to fund the proxy war and marks a significant...
The Pentagon announced on Friday that it was providing Ukraine with a new weapons package worth $1.7 billion, which includes munitions for air defense systems, ammunition for HIMARS rocket systems, artillery shells, and other types of equipment. The package includes...
Nearly daily attacks back and forth across the Lebanon-Israel border continued today, with an Israeli drone strike hitting a motorbike in Mays al-Jabal close to the Israel border, killing two riders and injuring a child. Those killed were reported by the Israeli...
The US and Japan have announced steps to strengthen their military alliance as part of a US-led buildup in the region aimed at China. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin are visiting the region and held talks with their Japanese...
On Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to threaten military intervention against Israel, saying Turkey could "enter" Israel as it did in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh. "We must be very strong so that Israel can't do these ridiculous things to...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed the evacuation of 150 sick and wounded Palestinian children from Gaza to the UAE, Israeli media reported on Sunday. A source told Haaretz that Netanyahu made the decision in response to the killing of 12 Arab Druze...
