Only a few hundred residents remain in the embattled town of Vovchansk in northeast Ukraine, where Kyiv’s troops are locked in intense battles with the Russian army, according to local officials on Monday. The town, whose pre-war population of 17,000 had dwindled to just 2,500 before Russia renewed its ground assault last week, has emerged as focus point as pitched …
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Army officer resigns commission over US support for Israel, killing of civilians in Gaza
A U.S. Army officer assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency resigned from his position in protest over the United States’ support of Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza. The Army confirmed to Fox News that Maj. Harrison Mann requested to resign from his position in November. “The policy that has never been far from my mind the last …
Read More »US offers Israel intel on Hamas leaders for pledge to hold back on Rafah
The Biden administration has been in tense talks with Israel in a bid to avoid a full-scale invasion of Rafah, the last city in Gaza to be spared the Israeli military’s offensive campaign. The U.S. has offered Israel sensitive intelligence and supplies if the country agrees to scale back a planned invasion of Rafah, according to a report from the …
Read More »Israel-Hamas war would 'probably already been over' if Trump were president, Sen. Tom Cotton says
The Republican senator from Arkansas says the Israel-Hamas war “would have probably already been over” if Donald Trump were president. Tom Cotton appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday when he made the remarks. “President Trump said just last night that he would absolutely provide Israel with the weapons they need to finish the job,” Cotton said. “This would have …
Read More »Israel bombs Rafah, prepares for ground invasion after ceasefire talks with Hamas fall apart
Israel continues a missile strike on the city of Rafah, Hamas’ last stronghold in Gaza, after ceasefire talks with the terrorist regime once again fell apart. During negotiation efforts in Cairo, Egypt, Hamas reportedly demanded an initial 12-week ceasefire, double the six-week timeframe offered by the Israeli Defense Force. Air strikes continue on Rafah as the IDF marshals manpower and …
Read More »Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate school names; members explain why
A county school board in Virginia decided this week to restore the original Confederate names of two schools previously deemed offensive. Following the death of George Floyd in 2020, the Shenandoah County School Board voted to change the names of two schools in their jurisdiction named after Confederate generals. Stonewall Jackson High School, named after Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, became …
Read More »Israeli envoy slams disclosure of US hold on arms for Israel, calling move 'the wrong message'
It was “unacceptable” that the U.S. decision to withhold some weapons from Israel became public while the two governments still were discussing Israel’s planned offensive into the Gaza city of Rafah, the Israeli envoy to Washington said on Thursday. The U.S. pause on some arms supplies to Israel “sends the wrong message to Hamas and to our enemies in the …
Read More »Pentagon undecided on how to proceed with paused bomb shipment to Israel over opposition to Rafah operation
A shipment of two types of precision bombs to Israel remains in limbo after being paused by the U.S. in opposition to Israeli forces’ operation in Rafah. The shipment contains 1,800 2,000-pound bombs, and 1,700 500-pound bombs the Biden administration has said may be used in Rafah. Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder confirmed the shipment of bombs was …
Read More »Mike Pence accuses Biden of impeachment hypocrisy amid Israel arms threat
EXCLUSIVE: Shortly after President Biden announced Wednesday that he would withhold weapons from Israel if it entered the southern Gaza city of Rafah, former Vice President Mike Pence accused him of hypocrisy, in light of how his former boss was impeached on similar grounds. On Wednesday, Biden lamented Gazan civilian casualties to CNN host Erin Burnett, telling her he “made …
Read More »Putin defends Russia's planned tactical nuclear weapons drill, calling exercise 'nothing unusual'
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that there was nothing unusual in a planned exercise involving the practice deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in southern Russia along with ally Belarus. Russia said on Monday it would practise the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons as part of a military exercise after what the Moscow said were threats from France, Britain …
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