The US was asked to withdraw troops from Niger due to threats US officials made to the country over its relationships with Russia and Iran, Nigerien Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine told The Washington Post. Niger announced it ended its military relationship...
The Biden administration has notified Congress that it intends to move forward with a weapons package for Israel worth over $1 billion as Israeli tanks are pushing further into the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The arms package, first reported by The Wall Street...
The White House said on Tuesday that if a foreign agents bill passed by Georgia's parliament becomes law, the US would have to "fundamentally reassess" its relations with the country. The bill, titled "On the Transparency of Foreign Influence," requires...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Tuesday and delivered a speech where he justified President Volodymyr Zelensky's decision to postpone elections. Presidential elections were due to be held in March, but they weren't, and...
NATO member Estonia is "seriously" discussing the possibility of sending troops to western Ukraine to fill non-combat roles to free up Ukrainian soldiers so they can be sent to fight on the front, Breaking Defense has reported. Such a deployment would mark a...
Hezbollah fired a round of anti-tank missiles at the kibbutz of Adamit in western Galilee this afternoon, killing a civilian and wounding five soldiers in the area. Hezbollah described the operation as a “direct hit.” The Israeli military confirmed this, saying the...
An ISIS attack Monday in eastern Iraq, between Diyala and Salahuddin Provinces, sparked a protracted battle and left at least five Iraqi troops dead and another five wounded. Iraq made much of successfully repelling the attacks, but the number of ISIS attackers is...
Members of the Israeli government joined thousands of Israelis in a march in southern Israel on Tuesday led by far-right activists calling for the re-establishment of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and the expulsion of Palestinians. The march commemorated the...
The US ambassador to Israel has downplayed President Biden's warning to Israel about its assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, saying that nothing has fundamentally changed in the US-Israel relationship and that the two countries don't have "real disagreements."...
On Monday, the UN said that the number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza since October 7 hasn't changed, a figure that has surpassed 35,000. UN spokesman Farhan Haq made the clarification after the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)...
