The Israeli military launched a major offensive in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday focused on the northern city of Jenin, which came just days after the ceasefire in Gaza took effect. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said at least nine Palestinians had...
Trump Orders 90-Day Pause on ‘Foreign Development Assistance’
Updated on January 21, 2025, at 3:50 pm EST President Trump has ordered a 90-day pause on US "foreign development assistance" as one of his many executive orders signed on Monday night. It's unclear how extensive the order is or if it will have any impact on military...
Trump Says He Will Designate Mexican Cartels as ‘Terrorist Organizations,’ Vows To ‘Take Back’ Panama Canal
President Donald Trump signaled in his inauguration speech on Monday that he was preparing for confrontations in the Western Hemisphere by vowing to label Mexican cartels as "foreign terrorist organizations" and "take back" the Panama Canal. Trump said in the speech...
A Ukrainian Victory Was Never Biden’s Goal: Time Magazine
President Biden spent hundreds of billions of dollars supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia, but according to a report from Time Magazine, a Ukrainian victory was never his goal. Throughout the nearly three-year proxy war, the Biden administration never set any...
Israel Expects Trump To Restart Supplying 2,000-Pound Bombs
Israel's outgoing ambassador to the US expects President Trump to supply Israel with a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs that President Biden paused, Axios reported on Monday. Biden put a hold on a 2,000-pound bomb shipment and a 500-pound bomb shipment back in April as...
At Least 37 Fighters Killed in Turkish-Backed Push Against North Syria’s Tishreen Dam
The fighting in northern Syria continued on Monday, with another offensive by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) on the Tishreen Dam and the surrounding area. The Kurdish SDF, which controls the area, repelled the offensive. Despite losing the gateway town...
Jakarta Unaware of Reported Plan To Relocate Gaza Palestinians to Indonesia
On Monday, the Indonesian government said that it was unaware of any plan to temporarily relocate Palestinians living in Gaza to Indonesia after NBC News reported the Trump administration was considering the idea. The NBC report cited a Trump official who said there...
Israeli Military Prepares for Escalation in the West Bank, Continued Fighting in Gaza and Lebanon
Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), said Monday that the Israeli military must prepare for a "significant" escalation in the West Bank and the continuation of operations in Gaza and Lebanon. "Alongside the enhanced defensive...
Palestinians Begin Searching for the 10,000 Bodies Under the Gaza Rubble
Updated on January 20, 2025 at 7:03 pm EST Monday marked the second day of the ceasefire in Gaza, and Palestinians began the work of digging through the rubble in search of the 10,000 bodies that are estimated to be buried under the buildings that were destroyed by...
Undersea Cable Damage in Baltic Sea the Result of Accidents, Not Russian Sabotage
Recent damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea was likely caused by maritime accidents, not by Russian sabotage as many Western officials have alleged, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. NATO has used recent incidents to justify an increase in its military...