FOREIGN AFFAIRS

(Headline USA) A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to the Houthi rebels, including by buying materials for homemade explosives and drones and traveling to Yemen, the Justice Department said Thursday. Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, 51, of Richland, Washington, was arrested Thursday and is...

(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said an Iranian proposal that would have led to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz was “not good enough,” adding that renewed US bombing of Iran after the midterm elections was “possible.” In an interview with Time released on Thursday, Trump was asked...

(John Weeks, Antiwar.com) US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced plans to create a new four-star combatant command to leverage AI in warfare.  During a “State of the Force” address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Hegseth said the Autonomous Warfare Command (AUTOWARCOM) would be tasked with scaling...

(Headline USA) A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on Venezuela’s behalf during the first Trump administration. Republican David Rivera has been jailed since jurors found...

(Headline USA) Police on Thursday arrested a dual U.K.-Iranian national on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following a security incident at a U.S.-run military air base in England that British authorities have linked to Tehran. The 27-year-old man was arrested in central London on Thursday, and police have searched...

(Headline USA) U.S. President Donald Trump won't say whether he thinks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be reelected when voters head to the polls later this month. The president, who sat down with Time magazine for a 75-minute interview published Thursday, sidestepped multiple questions about Netanyahu's reelection bid. Israelis...

(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) A US official said Washington plans to send a third aircraft carrier and an additional Marine division to the Middle East.  Last month, The Atlantic reported the USS Theodore Roosevelt was preparing to deploy to the Middle East, with the Department of War preparing to maintain two...

(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The White House is threatening NATO allies Germany and France for refusing to release diesel fuel from their emergency inventories. “US officials said France and Germany could be cut off from future US diesel exports. Reuters first reported the US threat to its allies on Thursday after...

(José Niño, Headline USA)  A surveillance technology firm associated with Hunter Biden laptop analyst Yaacov Apelbaum listed Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office among its customers in a 2019 marketing presentation, according to a Newsroom report. According to the Tuesday report, XRVision promoted facial recognition, video analytics, and artificial intelligence based surveillance tools...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The Pentagon told The Center Square its Golden Dome missile shield will protect the entire homeland for $185 billion. The Congressional Budget Office estimates a notional system consistent with the administration's missile defense goals could cost about $1.2 trillion over 20 years, roughly $9,300 for...

(John Weeks, Antiwar.com) CBS News reported on Saturday that the US Military has been working to establish “the groundwork for potential action around Cuba.” According to the report, CBS reviewed an internal US Army Reserve message sent to subordinate commands. The message requested an assessment on the feasibility of providing...

(Headline USA) A surprise decision by the U.K.'s counterterrorism police to release five suspects on bail during an investigation into a suspected bomb plot at a U.S.-operated air force base in England has deepened questions and uncertainty about the incident. Police confirmed Tuesday that no explosives were found in three vans...