President Biden on Thursday walked back a prediction he made earlier this week that a ceasefire in Gaza could be reached by Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Hamas's demands "delusional," signaling a hostage deal is not close. "Hope springs...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a speech on Thursday that Russia's nuclear arsenal is in "full combat alert," a warning that comes after French President Emmanuel Macron said the idea of NATO deploying troops to Ukraine was not ruled out. "The strategic...
US officials believe that Israel is planning to launch a ground invasion into Lebanon in late spring or early summer if a diplomatic solution is not reached, CNN reported on Thursday. "We are operating in the assumption that an Israeli military operation is in the...
Update: The Pentagon walked back Austin's comments, claiming he was referring to total Palestinian deaths based on numbers from Gaza's Health Ministry, not just women and children. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Thursday that Israel has killed over 25,000...
France has rejected a call from US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to give $300 billion in frozen Russian central bank funds to Ukraine, a step that would amount to outright theft. Yellen claimed there was a legal case to support handing the funds to Ukraine to fund...
Israeli airstrikes were launched against Syria on Wednesday, targeting an area outside of Damascus, Syria's SANA news agency reported. The SANA report said that Syrian air defenses intercepted some of the Israeli missiles, and a military source said the strikes only...
Over 100,000 people voted "uncommitted" in the Michigan Democratic primary to send a message to President Biden over his unconditional support for the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. Biden still received 640,000 votes, over 80%, but 100,000 votes could make...
In the wake of French President Emmanuel Macron's comments about Western countries not ruling out sending troops to Ukraine, a European official speaking to Financial Times pointed out that Western special operations forces are already in the country. "Everyone knows...
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the top Democrat in the House, has suggested that Democrats would protect House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from being ousted if he brought the $95 billion foreign military aid bill to the floor for a vote. Some Republicans have threatened...
A spokesman for Yemen's Houthis reaffirmed to Reuters that the group's attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden would only be reassessed if Israel's brutal campaign in Gaza comes to an end. "There will be no halt to any operations that help...
