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WASHINGTON — As Gaza buries its dead and starves under siege, the Trump administration has quietly signed off on a 6.7 billion dollar surge of US weapons for Israel, adding new attack
Donald Trump is building a 250-foot Independence Arch on the Potomac, a White House grand ballroom, and more — a vanity construction campaign running alongside sinking approval ratings and a fractured rural base.
GAZA CITY — The death toll in Gaza surged past 72,500 on Monday as Israeli forces killed two more Palestinians, pushing the total number of people killed since October 7, 2023, more
In Washington, the most revealing truths are rarely spoken at podiums. They surface in unguarded conversations, in metaphors that slip past rehearsed talking points, in moments when insiders forget they are being
The war that began with a wave of United States and Israeli airstrikes on Iran in late February has evolved into something broader and more consequential than a conventional military confrontation. It
Russia has sharply rejected a British-French initiative to secure navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, with senior officials in Moscow warning that the proposal reflects national interests rather than a genuine effort
The release of millions of documents tied to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein has prompted a rare and forceful intervention from United Nations human rights experts, who say the material points to
WASHINGTON — The Russia Ukraine war is entering a decisive phase marked not only by shifting battle lines but by a deepening financial and military entrenchment of Western powers, raising fresh questions about
The United States and Israel have pushed the Middle East into a deeper and more volatile phase of conflict, combining sustained airstrikes with a sweeping naval blockade that is now threatening global
In Washington, the battle over the Epstein Files controversy has entered a volatile new phase, one that now exposes not only institutional failure but a widening rupture between the US government and
The global economy is entering a period of renewed instability after the International Monetary Fund sharply downgraded its growth outlook, warning that the widening conflict involving Iran has already disrupted economic momentum
The Middle East edged closer to a wider war this week as Israeli strikes on Iran converged with a sweeping naval escalation, transforming the Strait of Hormuz into the most dangerous maritime
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