The Israeli navy on Tuesday detained nine fishermen off the coast of Gaza and took them to an unknown location, the Palestinian news agency WAFA has reported, as Israel has been stepping up its attacks and restrictions on Gaza’s fishermen. The WAFA report said that the fishermen were abducted while they were working off the […]

Iranians on Tuesday held a funeral in Tehran for two Iranian military air defense personnel who were killed by Israeli strikes earlier this week as the region remains on the brink of full-scale war. Iran’s PressTV identified the slain Iranian soldiers as Bahman Hosseini and Alireza Abiri and said that the funeral ceremony was held […]

Footage released by the Israeli rights group B’Tselem shows the moment an Israeli soldier opened fire on a vehicle in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and killed a seven-month-old baby, Sam Abu Haikal. The killing occurred on Friday when Sam’s father, Fahd Abu Haikal, was driving home in the city of Hebron, when IDF soldiers appeared […]

Israeli media reported on Tuesday that Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir suggested at a security cabinet meeting that the Israeli military should kidnap women and children in Lebanon as a way to put pressure on Hezbollah. “Let’s start thinking outside the box about Hezbollah,” Ben Gvir said, according to The Jerusalem Post. “Also, […]

Updated on June 9, 2026, at 9:27 pm EST US Central Command announced on Tuesday that its forces began bombing Iran, attacks it said were a response to Iran allegedly shooting down a US Army Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz as part of the US enforcement of a blockade of Iranian […]

On Monday, Yemen’s Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, announced a “ban” on Israeli shipping on the Red Sea, renewing a blockade that the US had previously failed to end with a bombing campaign. “We declare a complete and total ban on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, and we consider all enemy movements […]

An eight-year-old boy was among seven Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza on Monday as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed Gaza ceasefire deal. The boy, identified as Jad Salman, was killed when an Israeli airstrike struck a group of Palestinians in the northern Jabalia refugee camp. According to the Quds […]

US Central Command said on Monday that a US F/A-18 fighter jet fired on an oil tanker attempting to reach Iran as the US continues enforcing the blockade of Iranian ports by attacking civilian ships. “US Central Command (CENTCOM) disabled Palau-flagged M/T Marivex as it transited international waters in the Gulf of Oman toward Iran,” […]

President Trump said on Monday that Iran and Israel must “stop shooting,” comments that came after Israel bombed Iran following Iranian strikes on northern Israel in response to Israel’s strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs. “Israel and Iran must immediately stop ‘shooting.’ President DONALD J. TRUMP,” the president wrote on Truth Social. Israel launched strikes in […]

The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to provide Ukraine with billions in additional military aid and increase sanctions on Russia, a move that comes as the more than four-year-old war between Russia and Ukraine is escalating. The Ukraine Support Act passed in a vote of 226-195, with 18 Republicans joining Democrats […]

The House on Thursday blocked a War Powers Resolution meant to end US support for Israel’s war in Lebanon, as Israel’s occupation and destruction campaign in southern Lebanon continues despite several ceasefire announcements. The bill, introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), failed in a vote of 92-324, with just one Republican — Rep. Thomas Massie […]

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday was asked whether Israel has nuclear weapons and acknowledged that “most of the world assesses that they do,” but also reaffirmed the US policy of not acknowledging the existence of Israel’s nuclear stockpile and secret weapons program. Rubio made the comments when being questioned by Rep. Joaquin […]

US Southern Command said on Wednesday that its forces bombed another alleged drug-running boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean as the Trump administration continues the extra-judicial executions at sea. SOUTHCOM said the strike killed two male “narco-terrorists,” a term the Trump administration has adopted in its attempts to justify killing people for an alleged crime […]

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President Trump has told his aides that he may restart the full-scale bombing campaign against Iran if US troops are killed, The Wall Street Journal has reported, as the US and Iran have traded multiple rounds of attacks despite a nominal ceasefire. The report came after the president downplayed Iranian attacks targeting US bases in […]

President Trump on Thursday attacked House lawmakers as “unpatriotic” for passing a War Powers Resolution that would direct him to end the war with Iran, which he launched with Israel without congressional authorization, in violation of the US Constitution. The bill passed on Wednesday in a vote of 215 to 208, with four Republicans joining […]

Overnight Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City targeted apartment buildings and killed at least nine people as the IDF’s constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal continue. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, at least 15 other people were injured by the attacks, which hit four separate apartment buildings. The al-Shifa Hospital, which received the […]

President Trump on Wednesday downplayed Iranian attacks that targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, saying they may have been “slightly provoked” since the US launched strikes against Iran beforehand. “There’s a reason for everything, and we hit them pretty hard last night,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office. “Some people would say […]

Correction on June 4, 2026, at 3:09 pm: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that President Trump could veto the War Powers Resolution. The measure is a concurrent resolution, meaning the president cannot veto it. The House on Wednesday passed a War Powers Resolution that would direct President Trump to end his war […]