A top Hamas political official has told The Associated Press that the Palestinian group would be open to a five-year truce with Israel and would disarm and become solely a political party if a Palestinian state was established along the pre-1967 borders. Speaking in...
NATO Says China Must Cut Trade With Russia To Have Good Relations With West
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday went after China for its trade relationship with Russia, saying Beijing must reduce its trade with Moscow to have good relations with the West. Western officials often accuse China of supporting Russia's military,...
Poland, Lithuania Say They Can Help Return Military-Age Men to Ukraine
Poland and Lithuania have said they can help return military-age Ukrainian men to Ukraine as Kyiv is looking for more conscripts to put on the frontlines, where Ukrainian forces are facing a brutal fight and an advancing Russian army. The comments came after Ukraine...
Hezbollah Dismisses ‘Baseless’ Israeli Claim Half of Commanders Have Been Killed
Hezbollah sources commented in the media on yesterday’s claim from Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant that half of the commanders in Hezbollah have been killed and the other half “are in hiding and abandoning the field.” The group maintains the claim is “untrue and...
US To ‘Temporarily’ Withdraw Special Forces Troops From Chad
The US will withdraw 75 US Army Special Forces personnel from Chad in the coming days, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing US officials. The Pentagon later said the move was "temporary" as the US is looking to sign a new deal to continue its military...
US Military Official Says No Final Decision on Niger Withdrawal
A top US military official told The Associated Press that the US has still made no final decision on withdrawing from Niger despite the State Department saying it had agreed to the Nigerien government's request to leave. The official said the US also hasn't decided to...
US Secretly Armed Ukraine With Long-Range ATACMS Last Month
The US confirmed on Wednesday that it had secretly sent Ukraine long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) last month as part of a $300 million arms package. The long-range ATACMS can be fired from the HIMARS rocket systems and can hit targets up to 190 miles...
China Says US Military Aid for Taiwan Increases Risk of Conflict
China on Wednesday denounced new US military aid for Taiwan that's included in a massive $95 billion foreign aid bill President Biden has signed into law, warning that it will make a conflict more likely. "I would like to stress that getting closer militarily between...
Netanyahu Calls for Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Protesters in the US
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday called for a crackdown on Americans protesting against Israel's slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza at college campuses across the United States. "What’s happening in America's college campuses is horrific....
Israel DM Claims ‘Half’ of Hezbollah Commanders Killed, the Rest in Hiding
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke to the northern command, reporting that Israel was actively carrying out “offensive action” against targets across southern Lebanon. Gallant also claimed that Israel had killed fully half of all Hezbollah commanders in the...