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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed replacing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu with former vice prime minister Andrei Belousov, according to an official post by the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, on Telegram. Shoigu was appointed to lead the Kremlin’s security council, Russian state media reported, citing spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. The announcement comes…
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) described the Biden administration’s review of Israel’s war conduct in the Gaza Strip — which acknowledged the likely violation of international humanitarian law using U.S. weapons — as “woefully inadequate,” but did not indicate a ban on arms transfers. “If this conduct complies with international standards, God help us all,”…
Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.), who leads the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, had a heated exchange with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about the migrant crisis at the southern border on Capitol Hill. Tester, who is one of the Senate’s most at-risk current officeholders, made it clear to Austin that he's tired of the…
Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former leader of CENTCOM, alerted on Sunday that ISIS online radicalization poses a threat for future terrorist attacks after more than 130 people were killed in a Moscow attack last week. Four gunmen killed 144 people in a concert hall in suburban Moscow last week, believed to have been instructed by ISIS-K, the…
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said Sunday that he’s “confident” that the House will vote on aid for Ukraine after the Easter recess ends, pointing to private conversations with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Johnson has so far refused calls to bring a Ukraine aid bill to the floor for a vote, despite bipartisan demand for…
The fatal ISIS-K assault on a Moscow music venue last week is causing worries that plans by the terrorist group, previously limited to Afghanistan, might happen in the United States and Europe — and sooner than anticipated. Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, the Central Asian branch of the terror group the Islamic State, admitted responsibility…
Philippe Lazzarini, the leader of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), appealed for more global pressure on Israel to collaborate with the U.N. In a Friday post on X, the platform previously known as Twitter, Lazzarini mentioned a Thursday directive from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to Israel to…
The United Nations is investigating an explosion that wounded three of its personnel and a translator Saturday in southern Lebanon. “This morning, three OGL (UNTSO) military observers and one Lebanese language assistant on a foot patrol along the Blue Line were injured when an explosion occurred near their location,” the statement from Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson…
A three-ship convoy departed Cyprus for Gaza early Saturday, with 400 tons of food and other supplies, the second delivery of the kind recently as concerns about widespread famine in the region grow. The aid deliveries are organized by World Central Kitchen (WCK). The boats are carrying ready-to-eat items like rice, pasta, flour, legumes, canned…
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