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House Republicans release partisan report blaming Biden for disastrous end to US war in Afghanistan
House Republicans have released a scathing report on their investigation into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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News organizations seek unsealing of plea deal with 9/11 defendants
News organizations are asking the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to make public the plea deal struck with the 9/11 defendants.
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Netanyahu gives a starkly different take on Biden administration’s hopes for a Gaza deal
The Biden administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are sharply at odds over prospects of reaching a deal for a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release.
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Ukraine’s daring offensive intensifies pressure on US to ease cautious approach to the war
Ukraine’s daring ground offensive has taken the fight to Russia, but not nearly as much as its leaders would like.
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Biden pushed Gaza pier over warnings it would undercut other aid routes, watchdog says
A report from a government watchdog says President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza this year over warnings from staffers of the U.S.
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White House insists it is making progress on Gaza cease-fire as talks continue over the weekend
The White House says that ongoing cease-fire talks in Cairo have been constructive and will continue over the weekend as the U.S. and Mideast allies continue to press Israel and Hamas to forge an agreement.
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‘Original sin': Torture of 9/11 suspects means even without plea deal, they may never face a verdict
A Defense Department disagreement over how to bring to justice the accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four others has thrown the cases into disarray.
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US will keep aid flowing to an Israeli unit accused of rights abuses, citing remediation efforts
The State Department says it’s opted against what would have been its first-ever blocking of aid to an Israeli military unit over rights abuses.
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US and other frustrated mediators call on Israel, Hamas to resume Gaza talks, saying, ‘no excuses’
Leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar are jointly demanding that Israel and Hamas return to stalled talks on the war in Gaza.
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9/11 hearings at Guantanamo Bay in upheaval after surprise order by US defense chief
Military-run hearings for accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are in upheaval following Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to throw out a plea agreement.
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Defense chief defends decision to throw out plea deal for 9/11 defendants
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has spoken for the first time on his decision to throw out a plea deal for the accused mastermind of al-Qaida’s 2001 attacks and two other defendants.
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Defense secretary overrides plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind and two other defendants
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has overridden a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death penalty cases.
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US warns a famine in Sudan is on pace to be the deadliest in decades as the world looks elsewhere
U.S. officials are warning that a newly confirmed famine in Sudan’s Darfur region is on pace to become the world’s worst in decades.
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11 attacks, agrees to plead guilty
The man accused of being the main plotter in al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has agreed to plead guilty. That’s according to the Defense Department.
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Killing of Hamas political leader points to diverging paths for Israel, US on cease-fire
Israel’s suspected killing of Hamas’ political leader in the heart of Tehran points to an Israeli government ever more openly at odds with diplomatic efforts by the Biden administration to calm the region.
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Netanyahu meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, offering measured optimism on a Gaza cease-fire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked to mend ties with Donald Trump on Friday and offered measured optimism about progress toward a cease-fire deal for Gaza.
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In fiery speech to Congress, Netanyahu vows ‘total victory’ in Gaza and denounces US protesters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged in a scathing speech to Congress to achieve “total victory” against Hamas and criticized American opponents of the war in Gaza as “idiots.”
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Netanyahu is in Washington at a fraught time for Israel and the US. What to know about his visit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week is looming as a particularly fraught one between two allies.
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Blinken points to wider pledges to support Ukraine in case US backs away under Trump
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Ukraine is on its way to being able to “stand on its own feet” militarily and more than 20 other countries have pledged to maintain their own military and financial aid to the country even if the U.S. were to withdraw its support under a different president.
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US says Iran moving forward on a key aspect of developing a nuclear bomb
Two top Biden administration officials say Iran is talking more about getting a nuclear bomb, and has made strides in developing one key aspect of a weapon in recent months.
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Blinken points to wider pledges to support Ukraine in case US backs away under Trump
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Ukraine is on its way to being able to “stand on its own feet” militarily and more than 20 other countries have pledged to maintain their own military and financial aid to the country even if the U.S. were to withdraw its support under a different president.
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Former Trump defense secretary urges Biden to do more to stop Iran’s threats on officials
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says it was time for the Biden administration “to do better than just playing defense” to Iranian threats on Trump administration officials.
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Ukraine defense chief says his nation will find a way no matter who wins US election
Ukraine’s defense minister said his country will find a way to withstand Russia’s invading forces even if Donald Trump wins a second term, jeopardizings vital U.S. support for its defense.
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With words, deeds and arms deals, allies make the case for NATO in terms that would appeal to Trump
European allies in NATO are stepping up their military spending, just as Donald Trump wanted. They’re pointing to common interests, such as security concerns with China.
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Zelenskyy says to win the war, US needs to lift limits on striking military targets inside Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is embracing the support of international allies even as he pushed for the help to arrive faster and restrictions to be lifted on the use of U.S. weapons to attack military targets inside Russia.
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Poland hopes new NATO training center could prepare Ukrainians living abroad to fight Russia
Poland is hoping a new NATO training center in the country can help recruit more volunteers for the fight in Ukraine.
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Ukraine is on an ‘irreversible’ path to NATO. But only after war with Russia ends
The 32-members of NATO are formally declaring that Ukraine is on an “irreversible” path to membership in the Western military alliance, offering a bare but more binding assurance of protection once its war with Russia ends.
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Zelenskyy says the world cannot wait until the US election in November to take action to repel Putin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the world must not wait for November to drive back Russia’s offensive against his country.
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Can you ‘Trump-proof’ NATO? As Biden falters, Europeans look to safeguard the military alliance
NATO allies are gathering in Washington for a summit this week, and the prospect that Donald Trump, the military alliance’s most prominent critic, may return to power is dominating discussions.
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US and Europe warn Lebanon’s Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war
U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months.
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