The US military will fund the construction of a new port in Batanes, the Philippines' northernmost province, which is less than 125 miles from Taiwan. According to Kyodo News, Batanes Governor Marilou Cayco said over the weekend that a US Army delegation would be...
Pope Francis is facing backlash from Kyiv for his remarks suggesting Ukraine should go to the negotiating table to work out a diplomatic settlement with Russia. In comments made during an interview conducted last month with RSI, the Swiss broadcaster, the Catholic...
Israel’s military said it has launched a probe into leaked footage which appears to show IDF troops boasting about the summary execution of an elderly man in Gaza. Tel Aviv insists the graphic video is “edited,” and claims the unarmed Palestinian was a suspected...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back at President Joe Biden after the American leader criticized the onslaught in Gaza. Netanyahu said he would order an attack on Rafah, and insisted his policies are popular among Israelis. While Biden said attacking Rafah was a...
The Pentagon has given the green light to equip the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with thermonuclear weapons, a military spokesman told Breaking Defense. The latest addition to the US fighter fleet, the F-35 has faced a long line of technical issues and cost overruns. In...
Israeli officials said they would keep Gaza divided by a military highway for a year. The corridor will be buffered by a “demilitarized zone” and will give Israel control over the travel of Palestinians. Tel Aviv says the regional highway will make ground raids in the...
Israeli troops carried out a logistics supply drill, with an eye launching “identical operations In the northern sector.” The drill signals part of what officials refer to as ongoing preparation for invading Lebanon. Northern commander Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin spoke of...
President Joe Biden has pledged to sign a bill threatening to ban TikTok should its Chinese parent firm fail to divest from the platform. The proposed crackdown enjoys bipartisan support in Congress, and is expected to be fast-tracked for a vote as soon as next week....
President Joe Biden said he would not set any red lines for US weapons shipments to Israel, after approving 100 arms sales to Tel Aviv in the past five months. Israeli forces have committed a multitude of war crimes in Gaza, including some using US arms. In an...
A family of five, including three Hezbollah members, died Sunday when an Israeli airstrike destroyed their home in Khirbet Selm. The slain included a father, mother, two sons and a wife. The mother was reported by some sources to be pregnant. The family was not...
