Trump won’t rule out Kharg Island takeover: What a US assault could look like
Hundreds of U.S. Marines storm ashore as helicopters thunder overhead, Navy warships and fighter jets establish overwhelming air and sea...
Middle East
Iran-backed terror proxy Houthis threaten fresh attacks after Yemen airport strike
The U.S.-designated terrorist Houthi movement that controls northern Yemen condemned Saudi Arabia for allegedly targeting the Sanna airport with airstrikes,...
Trump administration probes UNRWA over alleged employment of 1,500 terrorists
A controversial United Nations agency is being investigated by U.S. officials for alleged ties to terrorism. The U.N. Relief and...
Why Would Anyone Trust Ex-CIA Agents in Elected Office?
The CIA headquarters in McLean, Va., on March 3, 2005. Photo: Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images The Democratic Party is...
Who is Turkey’s Erdoğan? How NATO’s most unpredictable leader keeps reinventing himself
As President Donald Trump heads to Ankara, Turkey, for the upcoming NATO summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is again...
There’s a New Democratic Machine. It’s Unabashedly Socialist.
As democratic socialists toppled establishment favorites this midterm cycle, the old guard of the Democratic Party picked up a preferred...
Waltz calls out Iranian diplomat at UN following drone strikes on Bahrain and Kuwait
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz scolded Iran during this week's U.N. Security Council meeting, saying Tehran "will...
Six Kurdish fighters killed in IRGC ambush as clashes spread across western Iran
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Thursday it killed five members of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, while the...
How Florida’s Cuban Diaspora and the Israeli Lobby Came Together — and Are Coming Apart
After a devastating earthquake rocked Venezuela last week, President Donald Trump backed off his claims to be “in charge” of...
Wave of attacks on Iran’s IRGC raises questions about renewed Kurdish insurgency
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is facing a new round of violence in the country’s Kurdish-majority west, raising questions about...
The Trump Administration’s Shameless Snuff-Film Fixation
With the wreckage of the Twin Towers still smoldering in October 2001, Tom Engelhardt started sending emails to a select...
Gulf countries strongly condemn Iran’s drone attack on Bahrain as rising tensions threaten MOU
Several Gulf countries have strongly denounced Iran's drone strikes Saturday on the island nation of Bahrain, while vowing to stand...
The Left Just Keeps Winning. It’s Time for Democrats to Bend the Knee.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins Speaker Mike Johnson and colleagues to unveil the Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule at the...
Turkey detains over 200 suspects, including alleged ISIS militants, in sweeping raid ahead of NATO summit
Turkish authorities reportedly detained more than 200 people, including suspected ISIS-linked militants, in a sweeping Tuesday raid in capital Ankara...
Rep. Adriano Espaillat Was Slow to Help Mahmoud Khalil. It Could Cost Him His Seat.
Eleven months after unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil from his home in Morningside Heights, he met...
