In recent days it has become increasingly clear that Israel has no more intention of withdrawing all of its troops from southern Lebanon by the February 18 deadline than it had for the January 26 deadline. It is now more clear what the plan is, and how it will be...
A new study found that the average life expectancy in Gaza was nearly cut in half during the first year of Israeli military operations in Gaza. Tens of thousands of children have been killed in the bombing. The paper, published by the prominent British medical...
Hamas said on Thursday that it plans to release three Israeli hostages on Saturday as agreed under the ceasefire deal, and Israel appears to have backed down on its demands for more captives to be freed. The Times of Israel reported that Israel is preparing to receive...
President Trump told reporters on Thursday that he believes US military spending could eventually be cut in half and that he wants to pursue the idea as part of an agreement with Russia and China. He also said there was no reason to build new nuclear...
On Thursday, the US Treasury Department announced it had imposed sanctions on Karim Khan, a British lawyer who is the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), an action taken on behalf of Israel. The sanctions came after President Trump signed an...
A group of UN experts have issued a statement on the ceasefire in Lebanon today, expressing outrage at Israel’s flagrant violations, including the killing of civilians trying to return to their homes, and the systematic destruction of those homes during the nominal...
The fighting between the Kurdish SDF and the forces of Turkey and its proxy the SNA continues apace in northern Syria with no signs of ending. Turkey targeted civilian infrastructure, leading to power outages and water cutoffs for some 100 Kurdish villages around...
Ukrainian President Voldomyr Zelensky said Thursday that it was "not very pleasant" that President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin a day earlier before calling him. "We've already had three conversations with President Trump, so I don't take this...
On Wednesday, a Senate committee in the state of Virginia voted down the Defend the Guard Act, legislation that would prohibit the deployment of the state’s National Guard to combat zones without a declaration of war from Congress, as required by the Constitution. The...
The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that Israel will likely attempt to bomb Iran in the coming months, a move that would risk a major war in the region involving the US. The report, which cited US intelligence, said the idea would be to bomb Iran's nuclear...
