FOREIGN AFFAIRS

(Headline USA) A New York woman whose father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter was convicted Tuesday of receiving weapons training from the militant group. Prosecutors said Halima Salman, a U.S. citizen, pledged loyalty to the extremist group and willingly...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Secret bank accounts, Gulf rulers, and private fortunes sit at the center of a contested new account of Jared Kushner’s diplomacy. Reviewing Matthew Cole’s “Princes and Thieves” for the New York Times, Fintan O’Toole argues that its allegations warrant congressional investigation, while emphasizing that the...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US military is ready to launch potentially major attacks on Iran “within 96 hours of receiving” an order from President Trump, CNN reported on Monday. Sources told the outlet that the US now has sufficient forces in the region to carry out the potential attacks, and that...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The FBI has arrested a CIA contractor accused of slipping classified intelligence to the journalist he was dating. Open Source Intel reported, “A CIA contractor has been arrested for allegedly passing classified U.S. intelligence to his journalist girlfriend, who published a report for Drop Site...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Two men were indicted earlier this month over a bizarre scheme to present themselves as CIA agents while conducting a series of secret “assignments” that were, in fact, illegal. According to a recently unsealed Oct. 7 indictment, one of the defendants, Canadian national Lakotah Salvini aka...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Sunday night put out his second statement endorsing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the upcoming elections in Israel, saying that the US and Israel must “finish the job” against Iran. “To the people of Israel, to those who haven’t seen it, I am attaching...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) SpaceX owner Elon Musk wrote in a post on X on Saturday that Ukraine had violated Starlink’s terms of service by using the satellite internet service for offensive drone attacks and said that the “loophole” allowing those attacks had been closed. “Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Two FBI agents say they saw an unidentified flying object, or UFO, at an undisclosed date and location earlier this year, according to newly released records from the Pentagon. According to a 2026 FBI memo co-signed by the two agents, it was about 7:23 p.m. when...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday, warning him that Iran is planning to target U.S. citizens in the Middle East and other countries. “Specifically, through various channels, we have received intelligence that Iran has substantially increased efforts to...

(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) The Department of War is seeking to build a more robust deep-cover spying program to wage economic warfare against China and other nations deemed adversaries of the United States.  A half-dozen sources familiar with the matter told The Washington Post that the Pentagon hopes to develop...

(Headline USA) Ukraine’s top negotiator involved in a humanitarian mission led by U.S. first lady Melania Trump reportedly said that a local ceasefire with Russia will start Tuesday — two days before the mission begins — and last several days. Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. negotiators reached a deal Friday to...

(Headline USA) A New York woman accused of receiving weapons training from the Islamic State group was tricked by her father into traveling to Syria, where she became an unwilling teen bride to a militant fighter, her lawyer told a jury Thursday. Halima Salman, a U.S. citizen born in Brooklyn,...