Winter Is Hitting Gaza, and Many Palestinians Have Little Protection from the Cold Nearly two million displaced Palestinians in Gaza are struggling to protect themselves from the coming winter.
2 US Navy Pilots Shot Down over Red Sea in Apparent 'Friendly Fire' Incident, US Military Says Both pilots were recovered alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries.
It's Time for US Troops to Leave Syria "There are roughly 4,500 U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria today, and they represent a potentially significant strategic...
Pentagon Reveals 2,000 US Troops Are in Syria – More than Double What Was Previously Reported In a surprise announcement, the Pentagon revealed that it has not been offering an accurate count of how many U.S. troops it...
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Yemen's Rebel-Held Capital and Port City After Houthi Attack Targets Israel Israel launched two waves of airstrikes on Yemen overnight, killing at least nine people, according to the Houthi-controlled...
Mauritius Wants to Rethink a Deal with the UK over Remote Islands Housing a Key US Base The British government says it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a...
After Assad's Fall, the Task of Unearthing the Dead from Syria's Mass Graves Is Just Beginning Tens of thousands of Syrians are believed to be buried in mass graves scattered around the country, victims of the security...
Netanyahu Says Israeli Troops Will Occupy a Buffer Zone Inside Syria for the Foreseeable Future Israel seized a swath of southern Syria along the border with the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights in the days after Syrian...
Russian Presence in Syria Remains. But It's Unclear for How Long Since Assad's departure, there have been no clashes between Russian troops and the former insurgents who have suddenly become...
EU Seeks Assurances from Syria's New Leaders in Exchange for Dropping Sanctions The EU's top diplomats said they want guarantees from members of Syria’s interim government that they are preparing for a...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...