U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed frustration at surprise escalations that threaten to derail efforts to broker a cease-fire deal in Gaza
September 18, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Egypt this week on his 10th trip to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began nearly a year ago
September 16, 2024
Former President Donald Trump said in the presidential debate that he wanted Russia’s war with Ukraine to be over
September 11, 2024
News organizations are asking the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to make public the plea deal struck with the 9/11 defendants
September 06, 2024Ukraine’s daring ground offensive has taken the fight to Russia, but not nearly as much as its leaders would like
August 28, 2024
A report from a government watchdog says President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza this year over warnings from staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development
August 28, 2024
The State Department says it's opted against what would have been its first-ever blocking of aid to an Israeli military unit over rights abuses
August 09, 2024
Leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar are jointly demanding that Israel and Hamas return to stalled talks on the war in Gaza
August 08, 2024
Military-run hearings for accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are in upheaval following Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to throw out a plea agreement
August 07, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has spoken for the first time on his decision to throw out a plea deal for the accused mastermind of al-Qaida’s 2001 attacks and two other defendants
August 06, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has overridden a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death penalty cases
August 02, 2024
The man accused of being the main plotter in al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has agreed to plead guilty
July 31, 2024
Israel’s suspected killing of Hamas’ political leader in the heart of Tehran points to an Israeli government ever more openly at odds with diplomatic efforts by the Biden administration to calm the region
July 31, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked to mend ties with Donald Trump on Friday and offered measured optimism about progress toward a cease-fire deal for Gaza
July 26, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Ukraine is on its way to being able to “stand on its own feet” militarily and more than 20 other countries have pledged to maintain their own military and financial aid to the country even if the U.S. were to withdraw its support under a different president
July 20, 2024
Two top Biden administration officials say Iran is talking more about getting a nuclear bomb, and has made strides in developing one key aspect of a weapon in recent months
July 19, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Ukraine is on its way to being able to “stand on its own feet” militarily and more than 20 other countries have pledged to maintain their own military and financial aid to the country even if the U.S. were to withdraw its support under a different president
July 19, 2024
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says it was time for the Biden administration “to do better than just playing defense” to Iranian threats on Trump administration officials
July 17, 2024
Ukraine's defense minister said his country will find a way to withstand Russia’s invading forces even if Donald Trump wins a second term, jeopardizings vital U.S. support for its defense
July 17, 2024
European allies in NATO are stepping up their military spending, just as Donald Trump wanted
July 13, 2024
Poland is hoping a new NATO training center in the country can help recruit more volunteers for the fight in Ukraine
July 10, 2024
NATO allies are gathering in Washington for a summit this week, and the prospect that Donald Trump, the military alliance's most prominent critic, may return to power is dominating discussions
July 07, 2024
The Biden administration will withhold less military aid from Egypt over its human rights abuses this year
September 14, 2023
A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at Guantanamo Bay has been rendered delusional and psychotic by the torture he underwent years ago while in CIA custody
September 20, 2023
A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled one of the 9/11 defendants too mentally ill to stand trial
September 22, 2023
Hungarian intelligence agency interviewed CEO linked to exploding Hezbollah pagers
Son of Uganda's president ends 2026 election bid
Trump to visit North Carolina as scandal swirls around Republican ally
EU member Cyprus calls on Lebanon, Israel to show restraint in Middle East
Iran's Supreme Leader says Israel is committing 'shameless crimes' against children
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