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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.
Relations between Turkey and its Western allies in the United States and Europe are at a low point due to Turkey’s clear intention to become a regional middle power. To achieve this
The US Central Command, “Centcom ,” confirmed on Sunday that its forces launched a raid in the Afghan capital, Kabul, that eliminated an “imminent threat ” of ISIS. A statement by the
Citing an Allied security official from the scene at Kabul airport, the Reuters news agency reported that the evacuation of civilians was accelerated after the bombings in front of the airport and
US President Joe Biden has pledged to evacuate all Americans in Afghanistan who wish to return home. Biden’s promise came Friday in an update on the tense situation in Afghanistan. Biden has
On Friday, the United States imposed new sanctions on two high-ranking officials in the Cuban Ministry of the Interior and a military unit, in the latest American measure in response to the
On Thursday, the US State Department revealed talks held by the US Secretary of State and Defense with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, in which they told him that the United States “continues
On Monday, the Pentagon expressed the United States’ concern about the situation in Afghanistan. “We have expressed concern that Pakistan is providing safe havens for Taliban fighters across the border,” Pentagon spokesman
US President Joe Biden said that the infrastructure investment package, estimated at $ 1.2 trillion, is necessary to keep the United States ahead of China, which had previously indicated that its investments
Experts and analysts have linked the recent escalation of Hezbollah against Israel with the oil tanker incidents in the waters of the Persian Gulf, in which Tehran was accused in conjunction with
On Thursday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned that negotiations to save the Iranian nuclear deal “cannot continue indefinitely”, but added that Washington was “fully prepared” to continue talks. “We are
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