Israel is facing growing international warnings over its planned offensive in Rafah – the city in southern Gaza crammed with Palestinian refugees. UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron said “over half of Gaza’s population are sheltering in the area”, while Dutch FM Hanke Bruins Slot said there could be “many civilian casualties”.Saudi Arabia warned of “very […]
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Russia’s Putin interviewed by Tucker Carlson
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been interviewed by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the Kremlin confirmed Wednesday. It is Putin’s first interview to a Western journalist since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago. Carlson released a video from Moscow on Tuesday in which he said he would be interviewing Putin. Carlson claimed […]
2nd day in a row, U.S. strikes Iran backed proxies
The U.S. struck Iranian-linked targets in the Middle East for a second consecutive day Saturday. The U.S. and allies hit 36 Houthi targets at 13 locations in Yemen, the Pentagon said Saturday. On Friday, the U.S. struck facilities in Iraq and Syria, as part of a broader campaign that U.S officials say is in retaliation […]
Iran backed drone attack kills 3 & injures 34
The death of three US servicemen, and injuring of many others, at a base in Jordan, now ratchets up the pressure on the US commander-in-chief, President Joe Biden. This marks the first time American troops have been killed by enemy fire since the Israel-Gaza war erupted. This sharp escalation seemed to have been all but […]
Ukraine & Zelensky have a corruption problem
With the war started by Russia entering its third year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is also fighting on another front—corruption. On January 9, Zelensky’s defense minister, Rustem Umerov, said an audit had uncovered corruption connected to military procurement worth 10 billion hryvnia ($262 million) in only the four months he had been in post. His […]
U.N. Court orders Israel to prevent genocide
In an interim judgment, the United Nations’ International Court of Justice on Friday ruled that Israel must take measures to prevent genocide in Gaza, but it stopped short of ordering an immediate cease-fire in Israel’s war with Hamas. The ICJ ruled that it has jurisdiction to consider the landmark case brought by South Africa against […]
2 Navy Seals lost near Somalia feared dead
The pair of Navy SEALs who went missing during a night mission off the coast of Somalia on Jan. 11 are dead, U.S. Central Command announced Sunday. The SEALs were on an interdiction mission, climbing onto the side of a vessel, when one fell into the water. The second SEAL dove in after him. After […]
Deadly rat infestation in trenches of Ukraine
The frontlines of Russia’s war in Ukraine have become infested with rats and mice, reportedly spreading disease that causes soldiers to vomit and bleed from their eyes, crippling combat capability and recreating the gruesome conditions that plagued troops in the trench warfare of World War I. A Ukrainian servicewoman, who goes by the call-sign “Kira,” […]
US teenager shot in the head by Israeli forces
Tawfik Abdeljabbar, 17, Palestinian-American teenager from Georgia was shot and killed Friday by Israeli troops in the West Bank, Palestinian officials told Reuters. The 17-year-old boy was shot during clashes with Israeli forces, the victim’s uncle told Reuters. A State Department spokesperson would only confirm to CBS News that a U.S. citizen had died in […]
Israel Defense Force is digging up graves in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has admitted to digging up Palestinian graves in a Gaza cemetery. Footage emerged earlier this week from a bulldozed graveyard in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, where smashed graves lay open and human remains covered in shrouds had been left on the surface without being reburied. The IDF said its […]
Iran fires missiles into Pakistan as war ramps up
Tension fueled by the Israel-Hamas war was broadening across the Middle East and beyond Wednesday, as U.S. ally Pakistan condemned its neighbor Iran for launching what Pakistani officials called an unprovoked attack on their territory. Iran said its Revolutionary Guard struck bases of the Sunni Muslim militant group Jaish al-Adl in Pakistan, but Islamabad angrily […]
100 days in and no solutions yet to Gaza war
In the 100 days since Oct. 7, the day that fighters from the militant group Hamas burst across Israel’s southern border, Israeli officials have vowed not to stop fighting until Hamas has been destroyed. The attackers killed 1,200 people and took about 240 individuals hostage, according to Israel — shaking the country’s sense of security […]