By: Micaela Burrow, Daily Caller News Foundation Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin insisted Tuesday that stationing troops off a humanitarian pier leading to Gaza does not count as having boots on land, while leaving wide open the possibility of a live-fire exchange with attackers on the ground. The statement appears to undercut the Biden administration’s
By: Micaela Burrow, Daily Caller News Foundation Engineering sites where U.S. military personnel will soon begin constructing a humanitarian pier reportedly came under attack, the Israeli military and United Nations (U.N.) officials said Thursday, according to media reports. “Various terrorist organizations” lobbed mortar rounds at efforts on the location laying the groundwork for the pier
Members of pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups in Los Angeles sometimes tussled, with reports that protesters used fireworks and pepper spray. It was hours before police restored calm.
"May Day is about defending workers' rights and livelihoods internationally," said Wassim Hage of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, part of the Oakland Sin Fronteras coalition, in a statement about Wednesday's May Day rally in Oakland.
A U.S. Navy ship involved in an American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip is offshore from the enclave and building out a floating platform for the operation, according to satellite photos analyzed Monday by The Associated Press.
The New York Times has highlighted how Israel has 'failed' to fulfil its promises of destroying Hamas in Gaza. The report quoted several Israeli and U.S. officials as saying that Israel hasn't been able to destroy Hamas' tunnel network below the Strip. They add that 4,000-5,000 Hamas fighters are still active in North Gaza. Watch for more details. INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BATON ROUGE - After 41 years of sitting in her cradle in downtown Baton Rouge, the USS Kidd is headed to Houma for some much needed repairs.“She was never designed to go up and down on a cradle like she's been sitting in for 41 years, and the plates where they join and that has to be strengthened form the inside," former Louisiana Congressman Henson Moore said.The Kidd was the 661st destroyer built by the U.S. Navy and launched in 1943, serving in both WWII and the Korean War. She was...
The visit by John Bass to Islamabad comes a week after Iran and Pakistan
A bird flu outbreak infecting dairy cows in the U.S. that has seeped into the country’s milk supply is under investigation, but the the WHO says the risk to the public is low.
WEIRTON, W.Va. (WTRF) -- In December, the Pittsburgh-based steel company U.S. Steel agreed to sell the company to Japan’s largest steel manufacturer, Nippon Steel. Now, two U.S. Senators are calling on President Biden to look deeper into this sale and the effects it could have on the country. Just months after U.S. Steel agreed to []
As hostilities ramp up, Israelis evacuated from the country’s north say Hezbollah must be pushed back to protect communities from its rocketsFor the Israeli communities evacuated from the country’s far north in the aftermath of 7 October, there is no longer any doubt about whether full-scale war with Hezbollah in Lebanon is going to happen. For most people, the only question is when.Nissan Zeevi, 40, has spent the past six months working as a first responder in Kfar Giladi, a kibbutz that grows...