Israel, the US and Iran’s allies inch closer to all-out war with every strike and counterstrike
In the last week alone, Israel killed a senior Hamas official in a Beirut airstrike, Hezbollah fired a rocket into Israel, the US killed a militia commander in Baghdad, and Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen exchanged gunfire with the US. are fighting a war. Navy. Each attack and counterattack increases the risk that Gaza's already devastating […]
Speaker Mike Johnson, White House Strike Spending Framework Deal
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and Congressional leaders have struck a spending framework agreement that could avert a government shutdown. But it could frustrate conservatives who want even deeper cuts. The bipartisan framework is set This fiscal year's defense funding is $866 billion, and non-defense spending is $704 billion, which is the spending level set […]
11 Killed in Russian Shelling of Donetsk While Ukraine Claims Successful Strike on Crimean Airbase
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Eleven people were killed in Russian shelling in Ukraine's partially occupied Donetsk region on Saturday, regional governor Vadim Filashkin said. Five children were among the dead in the attack on the Pokrovsk district, and eight others were injured, he said. The Ukrainian military on Saturday claimed a successful attack on the […]
America needs a carrier strike group to deter Hezbollah
It is no surprise that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah reacted almost immediately to Israel's assassination of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri outside Beirut earlier this week. Israel had previously made clear that it would target Hamas leaders wherever it was found, and Nasrallah responded by threatening to retaliate if Israel attacked Hamas leaders inside Lebanese […]
Thousands of Doctors in Britain Walk Off the Job for Longest-Ever Strike
LONDON (AP) – Thousands of doctors in Britain walked off their jobs Wednesday, beginning a six-day strike that is the longest in the history of the state-funded National Health Service. Employers said tens of thousands of scheduled appointments and surgeries would be canceled during the strike across England and Wales by junior doctors in their […]
Top Hamas Official Killed in Israeli Drone Strike
Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas's deputy political director and founder of the group's military wing, was reportedly killed in an Israeli drone strike on the southern outskirts of Beirut on Tuesday. by jerusalem post office, Arouri was among at least five people killed in the drone attack. At a meeting of Islamic regime ministers on Wednesday, Iran's […]
USS Gerald R. Ford strike group heads home after deploying to eastern Mediterranean following Oct. 7 attacks
The USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Strike Group, which moved to the Eastern Mediterranean following the Oct. 7 invasion of Israel by Hamas-led terrorists, will return to its home base in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. military officials announced. Monday. The strike group included the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. U.S. 6th Fleet officials said the fleet […]