Tuesday, July 15, 2025

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Black American Who Fled to Ghana over Racism Now Wants to Return

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A black American woman who allegedly moved to Ghana to flee what she described as “white racism” in the U.S. is now begging to come back. The issue? Africa isn’t the safe haven she quite imagined. The unnamed woman went viral Tuesday after several conservative pages shared a...

Mike Waltz Ousted as National Security Advisor Amid Signal Chat Scandal

(José Niño, Headline USA) Michael Waltz’s tenure as National Security Adviser ended after a security breach involving a messaging app, according to a report by CBS News. Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong are leaving the Trump administration, multiple sources confirmed on Thursday. This marks the first high-profile departure in...

US and Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) On Wednesday, the US and Ukraine signed a deal that will establish a new investment and reconstruction fund to give the US access to Ukrainian rare earth minerals and other natural resources. “I am glad to announce the signing of today’s historic economic partnership agreement between the United...

Texas Gov. Abbott Threatens City Over Israel Ceasefire Resolution

(José Niño, Headline USA) A city’s call for peace in the Middle East has set off a political firestorm in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott, R-TX, has escalated tensions with the City of San Marcos after its council advanced a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.  Abbott condemned the...

US Imposes More Sanctions on Iran Despite Negotiations

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) On Tuesday, the Trump administration imposed new sanctions on companies and individuals based in Iran and China over their alleged role in procuring missile “propellant ingredients” for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). “Iran’s aggressive development of missiles and other weapons capabilities imperils the safety of the...

Report: Putin Maintains Demand for Full Control of Ukrainian Oblasts Claimed by Russia for Peace Deal

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to demand full control of four Ukrainian oblasts claimed by Russia as a condition for a potential peace deal, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The report said that President Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, sought to convince Putin to drop the demand and agree...

Republicans Unveil Bill To Bring 2025 Military Budget to Over $1 Trillion

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) House Republicans unveiled a bill this week that would bring the 2025 US military budget to over $1 trillion. The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) totaled about $885 billion, and the new supplemental bill drafted by the House and Senate’s armed services committees would add $150...

Putin Declares Three-Day Ukraine Ceasefire That Will Start on May 8

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine that would begin May 8 at midnight Moscow time to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory against Nazi Germany in World War II. “By order of Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces...

Israel’s Ben Gvir Gets Meetings With Four GOP Lawmakers on Capitol Hill

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, leader of the far-right Jewish Power party, landed meetings with four Republican members of Congress on Monday during a visit to Capitol Hill. Ben Gvir, an outspoken proponent of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, told The Times of Israel that...

Oops! $60 Million Fighter Jet Falls off Aircraft Carrier, Sinks to Bottom of Red Sea

(Headline USA) An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday, the U.S. Navy said on Monday. The crew members who were...

Trump Says US Will Be ‘Leading the Pack’ in Any Attack on Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump has said that the United States would be “leading the pack” in an attack on Iran if a deal isn’t reached on Tehran’s nuclear program. Trump made the comment in an interview with Time Magazine that was published on Friday, when asked about the...

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Attends Pope Francis’s Funeral

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Julian Assange and his family traveled to Rome over the weekend and were among hundreds of thousands of people at the Vatican attending the funeral of Pope Francis, who was a supporter of the WikiLeaks founder. “Now Julian is free, we have all come to Rome to...
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