(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) traveled to the West Bank on Monday to visit a Jewish settlement considered illegal under international law, a strong show of support for the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory.
According to Ynet, the trip was organized by the Yesha Council settler lobby...
(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) Washington is boosting its military presence on the Korean Peninsula by creating another super squadron near the demilitarized zone. The move follows North Korea saying it will only engage in talks with the US if Washington drops its demand that Pyongyang give up its nuclear...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to order the full Israeli military occupation of the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media reports on Monday, which means a significant escalation of the genocidal war is likely coming.
According to Ynet, President Trump has given Netanyahu a “green light...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Kremlin on Monday downplayed President Trump’s recent announcement that two US nuclear submarines were being deployed to “appropriate regions” in response to comments from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
According to Russia’s TASS news agency, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that US nuclear-armed submarines are always...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Trump administration has said that states and cities will not receive funding to prepare for natural disasters if they choose to boycott Israeli companies, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a terms document from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The document says that in order to...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Sunday that Israeli forces killed 104 Palestinians and wounded 866 over the previous 24-hour period as US-backed Israeli strikes and the killing of aid seekers continue.
The Health Ministry said that the bodies of 15 Palestinians killed in previous Israeli attacks were...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Africa Command has announced that its forces launched airstrikes against al-Shabaab during fighting in southern Somalia on Friday, the same day the African Union’s (AU) mission in the country, AUSSOM, reported a major battle.
AFRICOM offered no details about the strikes other than saying they were...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Israeli military is drawing up plans to escalate its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip that will soon be presented to Israeli political leadership, Haaretz reported on Sunday.
An Israeli official said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “is pushing for the release of hostages as part...
U.S. and Chinese officials may be able to settle many of their differences to reach a trade deal and avert punishing tariffs, but they remain far apart on one issue: the U.S. demand that China stop purchasing oil from Iran and Russia.
“China will always ensure its energy supply in...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The video-sharing app TikTok has appointed Erica Mindel, a former Israeli army instructor and former U.S. State Department contractor, to manage its so-called “hate speech” policy, according to a report by The New Arab.
The appointment, confirmed last week, is drawing allegations that the platform is...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump has said it would be “very hard” to reach a trade deal with Canada if it recognizes a Palestinian state, suggesting the US’s trade relationship with its neighbor to the north hinges on its stance toward Israel.
“Wow! Canada has just announced that it is...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Newly declassified intelligence documents indicate that Hillary Clinton, her 2016 presidential campaign managers, and a top member of a George Soros group plotted to fabricate the Trump-Russia collusion campaign to distract the public from Clinton’s email scandal.
Declassified by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday,...