Expert warns of ‘general escalation’ of fighting if Houthis resume Red Sea campaign
The U.S. has hit back against threats to now block another Middle East waterway by Iranian terror proxy, the Houthis.Earlier...
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Starmer in ‘seismic’ crisis, UK defense chief quits before high-stakes Trump NATO summit
U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey resigned Thursday after clashing with Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government over military spending, dealing the...
Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking
NIne months into the Trump administration’s deadly campaign against so-called drug boats, there is a pattern to the strikes. And...
Pro-US conservative faces leftist in Peru’s high-stakes presidential runoff
Peruvians head to the polls in a pivotal presidential runoff June 7 in an election that could reshape not only...
Anthropic Says We Must Stop Authoritarian AI. But What About Its Authoritarian Investors?
Anthropic’s high-profile spat with the Pentagon gave it a killer marketing advantage, burnishing its public image as a principled AI...
The Real “Divide” Among Democrats Over Israel Is Between Party Leadership and Voters
A supporter of Israel counterprotests as Palestine solidarity activists take part in a demonstration on Nakba Day on May 15,...
English cops cuffed teen stabbing victim after attacker claimed racial assault
English police are facing mounting scrutiny after officers handcuffed an 18-year-old university student as he bled to death following a...
Pentagon hosts first-ever Israeli–Lebanese military talks aimed at curbing Hezbollah
Israeli and Lebanese military delegations opened Pentagon-mediated talks Friday morning in Washington, launching a new U.S.-brokered security coordination track aimed...
Sunrise Movement Backs Saikat Chakrabarti, Progressive Firebrand Behind the Green New Deal
The Sunrise Movement is leaning into its roots in climate activism with a congressional endorsement of Saikat Chakrabarti, the former...
Trump’s War on ISIS Is Failing, No Matter How Gorka Spins It
White House counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka was on a mission. He wanted someone dead, and he knew who could make...
Corporate Interests Paid for Haley Stevens’ Trip to Portugal — and Her Campaign Ads
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., flashed a smile alongside her mother, Maria Marcotte, as the pair took a selfie from an...
Xi’s anti-corruption crackdown sentences former Chinese defense ministers to death
Two former Chinese defense ministers have been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption, in one of the...
As Trump forces NATO to pay up, alliance races to close military gap with US
This is part one of a series examining the challenges confronting the NATO alliance.NATO has become a "bloated architecture" too...
What Israel wants from an Iran peace deal: No enrichment, missile limits and strict enforcement
As President Donald Trump signals progress toward a possible agreement with Iran, Israeli officials and analysts increasingly are outlining what...
US-backed pipeline proposal targets global reliance on Strait of Hormuz amid Iran threats
A new U.S.-backed proposal to build a network of overland energy pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz is gaining attention...
