Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said on Thursday that its forces struck four oil tankers that were transferring oil in the Strait of Hormuz and that another three ships struck mines as oil prices reached an 11-month high. The IRGC Navy warned that US bases would be targeted in the region if the […]

Israeli strikes and gunfire have killed at least four Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday, health officials told Reuters, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal. One strike hit a car in Gaza City, killing at least one Palestinian. In Jabalia, northern Gaza, Reuters reported that a woman was killed by […]

The US military has been scaling back its presence at bases across the Middle East, and the US has ordered staff reductions at multiple diplomatic posts in the region, NBC News reported Wednesday, amid growing signs that the US and Israel may be preparing to launch another attack on Iran. Sources told NBC that similar drawdowns were carried […]

Dozens of Israeli fighter jets flew near the border of Iran on Monday, according to a report from Axios, a move that may have been meant to provoke an Iranian attack. The report, which cited unnamed US and Israeli officials, said that the Israeli warplanes flew through Syrian and Iraqi airspace, following a flight path […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin told US envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Wednesday that Russia was ready to resume trilateral talks with the US and Ukraine next month. “Our president informed Steve Witkoff that we are ready in principle to resume the above-mentioned trilateral talks around November 10 on the main […]

A 10-year-old boy died in Gaza on Wednesday of wounds sustained in an Israeli attack days earlier, as the Israeli military continued launching strikes across the besieged Palestinian territory. The boy, identified as Abdul Rahman Khalil Awad, was hit by an Israeli drone strike in Gaza City on October 19. Footage from Gaza on Wednesday […]

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The US and the UAE have both launched airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab in northern Somalia’s Puntland region in recent days amid clashes in the area between al-Shabaab and local Puntland forces. US Africa Command said in a press release on Wednesday that its forces launched a strike on October 19 in the Cal Madow Mountains, about […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that his directive to the Israeli military is to “overthrow the regime in Iran” as he continues to ramp up his rhetoric in the days before the October 27 Israeli elections. “My directive to the IDF, the Mossad, and the defense establishment… [is] to overthrow the regime […]

US envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, a day after holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Norway. A US official told Axios that Witkoff will present Putin with an updated proposal to end the war in Ukraine, but the details of that proposal are […]

Christian leaders in Jerusalem have released a statement strongly condemning an attack by Jewish settlers against the Christian village of Taybeh and visiting European diplomats in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and the “terror” that Palestinians are facing from settlers across the territory. The attack near Taybeh targeted Palestinians, Belgian, French, and Polish diplomats, as well […]

The UK announced on Tuesday that its military will fly Typhoon fighter jets over Saudi Arabia on “defensive missions” to help repel attacks from Yemen’s Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, marking an escalation of British involvement in the war. “The UK will fly defensive counter-air missions to support the protection of Saudi cities […]

Saudi airstrikes struck two fishing boats off the coast of Yemen on Tuesday, killing at least eight fishermen, according to Yemeni media. According to the SABA news agency, vessels were struck off the al-Kadha coast in the Dhubab district of Yemen’s southwestern Taiz province near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, an area that was under the […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel was “committed” to “eliminating” the Iranian government and that he spoke about the idea in his recent conversation with President Trump. According to The Times of Israel, Netanyahu made the comments at the Tel Hai University in Kiryat Shmona near Israel’s border with Lebanon. “I […]

Israeli attacks across Gaza on Tuesday killed at least four Palestinians as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal. The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that one Israeli strike hit an apartment building in Gaza City, killing a man and his wife, identified as Akram Yassin and Dina Abu Baker. Photos […]

US Africa Command on Tuesday announced that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on October 17, as the Trump administration continues a bombing campaign in the country that receives virtually no US media attention. AFRICOM said in a press release that the strike targeted al-Shabaab near the Dhooble Airport, near the Kenyan border in […]

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth made an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a report from Axios. So far, the trip and meeting haven’t been confirmed by the US or Israel, but the report said that the talks took place at the Ovda Air […]

The US and Japan kicked off their biennial Keen Sword military exercise on Monday, one of the largest joint drills between the two countries. This year, the exercise will focus on Japan’s southwestern islands, including its westernmost island, Yonaguni, just 68 miles east of Taiwan. Both the US and Japan have deployed new anti-ship missile […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released footage on Monday of a call with President Trump, during which the US president told the Israeli leader, “You’re the man I want by my side.” The call came after Trump endorsed Netanyahu for the upcoming October 27 Israeli elections in a long post on Truth Social, where he […]

The UN’s World Food Program said on Monday that it was being forced to “drastically reduce” aid to Gaza due to funding shortfalls, a statement that came as Israel continued its relentless attacks across the besieged Palestinian territory. The WFP said the funding cuts will reduce the number of people in Gaza it supports with […]

The US and Russia said on Monday that President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping may hold a trilateral summit next month. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the potential venue could be the sidelines of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, which will be held in Shenzhen, China, on November 18 […]