Israel believes only 60 to 70 Israeli hostages in Gaza are alive out of the 134 people and bodies that are being held in the Strip as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sabotaging chances for a hostage deal with Hamas, Haaretz reported on Thursday. The...
Pentagon in Early Talks on Funding Gaza ‘Peacekeeping’ Force
US officials are in preliminary talks about ways to stabilize a post-war Gaza, including a proposal for the Pentagon to fund a "peacekeeping" force, POLITICO reported on Thursday. US officials told the outlet that the proposal doesn't involve US boots on the ground...
Philippine President Vows ‘Response’ to China’s Actions in South China Sea
On Thursday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed a "response" to China's actions in the South China Sea as tensions in the disputed waters continue to grow. In a statement on X, Marcos said that he has been meeting with members of the country's "National...
NYT: US Didn’t Give Russia All the Information It Had About Moscow Terrorist Plot
The US did not share all the information it had about a terrorist plot in Russia ahead of the shooting at a concert hall outside of Moscow that killed over 140 people, The New York Times reported on Thursday. The paper said that the "adversarial relationship between...
Russia Says Moscow Terrorist Attack Has Connection to ‘Ukrainian Nationalists’
Russian investigators said Thursday that they found evidence connecting the terrorist attack on a concert hall outside Moscow to "Ukrainian nationalists." "Investigators have verified information that large amounts of money and cryptocurrency that the perpetrators of...
Niger Says US Will Submit Plan to ‘Disengage’ Troops
Niger's Interior Ministry has said that the US will submit a plan to "disengage" its troops from the West African nation, AFP reported. Earlier this month, Niger's military-led government, which took power after a July 2023 coup, said that it was ending its military...
State Department Smears Author of UN Rights Report Accusing Israel of Genocide as Anti-Semitic
The State Department on Wednesday suggested the author of a UN human rights report that says there are "reasonable grounds" to believe Israel is committing genocide is anti-Semitic as a way to dismiss the allegations. The author of the report, Francesca Albanese, UN...
Israel Kills Nine More in South Lebanon, Including More Paramedics
Fears of a major escalation on the Lebanon border with Israel continued to grow this afternoon, as Israel carried out a new round of deadly attacks against border communities, killing at least nine more people. The first strikes were against the border village of Tair...
British General Admits UK Couldn’t Fight Russia for More Than 2 Months
A British general admitted on Tuesday that the UK couldn't handle a war with Russia for more than two months as London has significantly depleted its military stockpiles by arming Ukraine. Lt. Gen. Robert Magowan, the deputy chief of the defense staff, made the...
State Department Official Resigns Over Biden’s Support for Gaza Slaughter
Annelle Sheline, who served as a foreign affairs officer in the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, has resigned from her post after a year due to President Biden's unconditional support for the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza....