The Biden administration said Friday that Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but wartime conditions prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes.
The United States is scrutinizing the delivery of further pending military aid to Israel after pausing a weapons shipment to the close ally, the State Department said on Wednesday. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said earlier in the day during testimony in Congress that "one shipment of high-payload munitions" had been halted, confirming reports in U.S. media. Hours later, U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller called into question other deliveries. "We have paused one shipment of...
CAIRO/WASHINGTON/RAFAH, Gaza Strip >> Hamas battled Israeli troops on the outskirts of the Gaza Strip’s crowded southern city of Rafah on Wednesday and Washington said it had held up a shipment of powerful bombs to Israel to prevent civilian casualties.
THE HAGUE >> South Africa will ask the top U.N. court on Thursday to order a halt to the Rafah offensive as part of its case in The Hague accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Top U.S. and Chinese diplomats in charge of North Korean affairs held talks in Tokyo on Thursday, the State Department said, as Pyongyang's relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles poses an increasing security challenge. During the meeting with China's Special Representative on Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming, Jung
A KC-46A Pegasus from the 931st Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, delivers 12 pallets of cargo for the Denton Program at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, May 8, 2024.
Israel is appearing at international court of justice after South Africa asked it to urgently order end to assault on RafahYemen’s Houthis said they downed a US MQ9 drone on Thursday evening over the south-eastern province of Maareb, the group’s military spokesperson said on Friday.According to Reuters, the Iran-aligned group said they would release images and videos to support their claim and added that they had targeted the drone using a locally made surface to air missile. Continue reading
The U.N. said no humanitarian aid has yet entered and there is no one to receive it on the Palestinian side amid Israel's military incursion.
The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a Canadian-born former Guantanamo detainee who was seeking to wipe away his war crimes convictions.
Stefanik spoke before a caucus of Israel's parliament focused on antisemitism on college campuses around the world. She called for Hamas to be wiped "off the face of the earth."
The request marks the fourth for additional measures by South Africa, which filed a genocide case against Israel late last year at the International Court of Justice.
The request marks the fourth for additional measures by South Africa, which filed a genocide case against Israel late last year at the International Court of Justice.