Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a series of conversations with Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry pressuring him to resign. Henry rose to power with the Biden administration’s support after the former leader was assassinated in 2021. As Prime Minister, Henry...
Air-Dropped Aid Crushes 5 Palestinians to Death in Gaza
The parachutes of air-dropped pallets of aid failed, causing the large objects to plummet to the ground in northern Gaza, killing five. The US and several other countries have dropped a token amount of aid onto northern Gaza because Israel is only allowing a trickle...
Netanyahu Vows Israel Will Invade Rafah, Rejects ‘International Pressure’
On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Israel would continue its slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza despite "international pressure" and said Israeli forces would invade the southern city of Rafah, which is packed with 1.5 million Palestinians....
Israeli Airstrikes Pound Southern Lebanon, Killing One
Israel reported carrying out multiple airstrikes against the towns of Aitaroun and Ayta ash-Shab in southern Lebanon, attacks that followed overnight strikes on Matmoura and a nearby observation post. In all cases Israel said the targets were buildings or targets...
Report: Israel Sets March 15 as Deadline for ‘Broad War’ Against Lebanon
While tensions are high on the Lebanon-Israel border right now, there are reports that recent visits by a US envoy made some progress with a roadmap based on UN Security Council Resolution 1701 which ended the 2007 Israel-Lebanon war. Nevertheless Israel has...
Zelensky to Appoint Zaluzhny as Ukraine’s New Ambassador to the UK
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will appoint Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, Ukraine's former commander-in-chief, as his ambassador to the UK. Zelensky removed Zaluzhny from his post as a top general on February 8, and the two have been at odds over the disastrous war...
US Officials Say ‘Intelligence Gaps’ Are to Blame for Failure Against Yemen’s Houthis
US officials speaking to Financial Times said "intelligence gaps" are to blame for the failure to stop Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden that started in response to the US-backed Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. While the Pentagon...
Biden Announces ‘Emergency’ Military Mission to Establish Port in Gaza for Aid
Updated 10:25 PM EST on March 7 President Biden announced during the State of the Union on Thursday night that he ordered a military mission to establish a port in Gaza to get more aid into the Strip as Palestinians are starving to death and Israel is still...
Sweden Officially Joins NATO, Ending Centuries of Neutrality
Sweden officially joined NATO on Thursday, becoming the 32nd member of the Cold War-era alliance, which had 16 members when the Soviet Union dissolved. By joining NATO, Sweden has officially abandoned its centuries-old policy of neutrality that kept the country out of...
US Says Three Crewmembers Killed in Houthi Attack on Commercial Ship
The US military said Wednesday that a Houthi attack on a cargo ship killed three crewmembers and wounded four, marking the first casualties in the Houthi operations against commercial shipping that were launched in response to the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in...