Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine's military intelligence, has warned that if negotiations to end the war with Russia don't begin by this summer, Ukraine's "very existence" will be threatened. According to a report from Ukrainska Pravda, Budanov issued the warning...
Report: Trump Wants To Pull 20,000 US Troops Out of Europe
President Trump wants to withdraw about 20,000 US troops from Europe, the Italian news agency ANSA reported last week. The US currently has about 100,000 troops deployed across Europe, a result of the Biden administration beefing up the US presence on the continent,...
Russia Says It Hasn’t Received a Request for Putin-Trump Talks
The Kremlin said Monday that Russia is ready for contact between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump but hasn't received any requests for such talks from the new administration. "We haven’t received any signals from the Americans yet," said Kremlin...
Smotrich Says He’s Working To Enact Trump’s Idea To ‘Clean Out’ Palestinians From Gaza
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he's working to make President Trump's suggestion that Palestinians could be "cleaned out" of Gaza and moved to Egypt and Jordan a reality. Trump's idea sparked a backlash from Arab nations, including Egypt and Jordan,...
Former Israeli DM Says More Troops Should Be Sent to Lebanon to ‘Enforce’ Ceasefire
Israeli troops continued to enforce a demand that civilians don’t attempt to return home to places being occupied militarily by Israel on Monday, after the 60-day ceasefire that was in place expired and Israel decided to remain anyhow. Two more civilians were reported...
Hundreds of Thousands of Palestinians Begin Returning to North Gaza
Palestinians who were displaced from northern Gaza in the early days of Israel's genocidal war on the Strip began returning to the ruins of their homes on Monday as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Despite the massive destruction in northern Gaza,...
Trump Threatens Colombia With Tariffs, Visa Restrictions Over Deportation Flights
Update on January 26, 2025, at 11:56 pm EST: On Sunday night, the White House said Colombia had agreed to the "unrestricted acceptance" of migrants from Colombia and would allow them to be returned to the country "including on US military aircraft, without limitation...
Qatar Says Deal Reached To Allow Palestinians To Return to North Gaza
Qatar announced early Monday morning that a deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas that would allow Palestinians who have been forcibly displaced from northern Gaza to return to the ruins of their homes and pass through the Israeli-controlled Netzarim...
Israeli Forces Kill Two-Year-Old Girl in West Bank’s Jenin
On Saturday, a two-year-old Palestinian girl was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, where the Israeli military launched a new offensive last week. Laila al-Khatib died after being shot in the head by IDF gunfire when she was...
Trump Releases Hold on Shipment of 2,000-Pound Bombs for Israel
President Trump has released a hold on a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel that was paused by the Biden administration, Axios reported on Saturday. The report said the shipment of 1,800 MK-84 bombs, which are in storage in the US, will be shipped to Israel in...