(NEW YORK) -- Fewer than 12 hours after U.S. airstrikes hit two facilities in Syria used by Iran and its proxies to launch attacks on American troops in the region, a one-way suicide drone targeted U.S. forces in western Iraq, according to U.S. officials. The drone got within a few…
(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. military aircraft have carried out strikes in eastern Syria against facilities associated with Iranian-backed militant groups believed to be responsible for more than a dozen rocket and drone attacks on American troops in Iraq and Syria that injured 21 service members, the military said Thursday night. "Today,…
(WASHINGTON) -- When Abood Okal, a 36-year-old American father trapped in Gaza, received word from U.S. State Department officials informing him the Rafah crossing into Egypt would likely open on Oct. 21 for the first time since Hamas launched a surprise terror attack on Israel two weeks before, he thought…
(WASHINGTON) -- A Chinese fighter pilot nearly crashed into an American B-52 bomber over the South China Sea during a nighttime intercept on Tuesday, according to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. The Chinese pilot "demonstrated poor airmanship" in his J-11 jet, flying within just 10 feet of the B-52 bomber "with uncontrolled…
(NEW YORK) -- At least 27 are dead and several others missing after Hurricane Otis came ashore with record ferocity on Mexico's western shore early Wednesday, according to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's office. Hurricane Otis is the strongest hurricane on record to hit Mexico's Pacific Coast, making landfall…
(NEW YORK) -- Dueling resolutions on the Israel-Hamas war put forth to the U.N. Security Council by Russia and the U.S. both failed on Wednesday, illustrating the chamber's deadlock on the conflict. Russia's version called for a humanitarian ceasefire and avoided condemning Hamas, which launched a terror attack on Israel…
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden said Wednesday he "did not demand" Israel delay a ground incursion of Gaza in an effort to protect hostages and keep humanitarian aid flowing into Gaza. "What I have indicated to [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] is that, if it's possible, to get these folks out…
(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. retains the ability to defend itself and hasn't ruled out retaliatory operations after the Pentagon said American forces were attacked by Iran-backed militants at least 13 times in the Middle East in the last week, President Joe Biden said Wednesday. "My warning to the ayatollah [is] that…
(LONDON) -- United Nations Humanitarian and Emergency Relief Chief Martin Griffiths has said half-a-year of war has plunged Sudan into “one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history." As battles continue between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, up to 9,000 people…
(NEW YORK) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday delivered a forceful defense of Israel's military actions but said that "humanitarian pauses must be considered" to protect civilians in Gaza -- the administration's strongest statement of a support for any type of halt in Israel's efforts to vanquish Hamas.…
