Trump has cut off Ukraine aid, brokered and lost a ceasefire in Gaza and took a sledgehammer to world commerce100 days of TrumpFor US foreign policy, Donald Trumpโs first 100 days in office were the weeks when decades happened.In just over three months…
The $60M mishap adds to an increasingly expensive price tag in the administrationโs effort against the Iran-backed group.
Plans are being drawn up and, as one EU diplomat said, โWeโll take decisions to protect ourselves.โ
The scrutiny will apply to foreign students, people applying for green cards โ or seeking any other kind of immigration benefit.
The president also suggested imposing secondary tariffs on the country.
Trumpโs former national security adviser lets loose on the leaked Signal group chat and Trumpโs foreign policy.
None of them have expressed any reservations about discussing the sensitive material on Signal.
It’s unclear what compensation Washington might have sought from its European allies for the strikes in Yemen.
British forces already took part in strikes against Houthis, so don’t call us “freeloaders,” former defense secretary says.
No middleman, including service providers, and not even Signal itself, can access the message.
Messages inadvertently shared with Atlantic journalist lays bare the unvarnished truth about how Vance and Hegseth feel about European alliesIf Europe wasnโt already on notice, the extraordinary leak of deliberations by JD Vance and other top-level Tru…
โYou canโt have recklessness as the national security adviser,โ one official said.
A behind-the-scenes foreign policy disagreement between President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance spilled into public Monday, an extraordinary example of Vance breaking with Trump and other members of his administration and calling the timing of a recent military operation in Yemen โa mistake.โ The private dispute was made public in aย stunning report in [โฆ]
Vice President JD Vance suggested the president doesnโt understand the stakes of the Houthi strikes and other takeaways from the messages inadvertently shared with a journalist.
The leak happened as the US launched strikes against Iran-backed Houthis and despite a crackdown on sensitive information leaks.
Vice-president and defence secretary among those who debate charging Europe for American attack on Houthis
The attack brought down a building in a western neighbourhood of Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, as the US campaign against the Houthis entered its tenth day.
The move signals the likelihood of an increased bombing campaign against the Iran-backed group.
โAny further attack or retaliation by the โHouthisโ will be met with great force,โ the president said.
The national security adviser was responding to the American strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The attacks are the largest foreign military action taken to date by the Trump administration.
The Houthis have previously detained UN staffers, as well as individuals associated with the then US Embassy in Sanaa and aid groups.
The Israeli military said Hamas militants were the targets of a strike on Gaza City’s Al Wafa hospital on Sunday, which the Palestinian civil defence said killed seven people.
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The world needs a coalition of the willing to protect our oceans.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was about to board his plane when the airport was hit.
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said he was about to board a plane at the Sanaa airport when it came under attack. A crew member on the plane was injured, he said.
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Trois ans aprรจs le dรฉbut de l’invasion russe, des dizaines de pays sont impliquรฉs dans le conflit.
Three years in, Russiaโs invasion has drawn in dozens of countries.
Instead of igniting a war that would destroy Israel, the militant group lit the fuse that set much of the region on fire, burning its own allies above all.
If Western countries are to withstand the aggression waged by various rivals and their proxies, sharing insights from the front line is the only way forward โ and today, that includes businesses.
The Israeli Prime Minister is mounting an unlikely comeback. Could he win again?
To date, the EUโs Iran policy has been ineffective and seriously flawed. And the bloc’s leaders need to wake up to the security threat Tehran poses.
Every administration has to readjust to respond to world events, but the Israel-Hamas conflict has been particularly disruptive to Bidenโs other foreign policy efforts.
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Prime Minister Netanyahu warns Iran’s clerics their days are numbered and boasts there is “nowhere” Israel cannot target.
The White Houseโs initial reaction to the news was positive, even as it scrambled to figure out if this could spur wider war in the Middle East.
Some U.S. officials say diplomacy may still work to de-escalate tensions between Hezbollah and Israel. Others arenโt so sure.
The presidentโs foreign policy legacy will be shaped by a looming decision in Ukraine.
Nothing the West says or does will convince the Houthis to halt their campaign. But the Indian prime minister is perfectly suited to the task.
The strike was the first time a missile fired by the Houthi rebels had reached that far into the country.
A rescue mission for an oil tanker still ablaze after being attacked by Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen last month, is about to begin, the European Union’s Red Sea naval mission said late Monday (2 September).
As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, keeping the lights on is becoming a national security priority.
Blame the underwater drones.
U.S. forces have launched roughly 800 missiles and seven rounds of air strikes against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels that have controlled Yemen since November.
Rockets struck the Al-Asad Airbase.
Pentagon deploys the USS Abraham Lincoln, currently operating in the Pacific, to the Middle East along with additional fighter planes.
Top Iranian officials will meet the representatives of Iran’s regional allies from Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen to discuss potential retaliation against Israel after the killing of the Hamas leader in Tehran, five sources told Reuters.
American officials donโt seem to have a realistic plan B and are not thrilled with Israelโs suspected actions.
The Israeli prime minister is also set to sit down this week with Vice President Kamala Harris and GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Netanyahu praised Biden for his โheartfelt supportโ following Hamasโ surprise attack.
The Israeli attack appeared to be the first on Yemeni soil since the Israel-Hamas war began in October.
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah prompted the US to launchย diplomatic effortsย to prevent a full-scale war in the region.
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah prompted the US to launchย diplomatic effortsย to prevent a full-scale war in the region.
Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Yemen’s Houthis, leading industry groups said on Wednesday (19 June), after the sinking of a second ship.
Iran-allied Houthi militants on Wednesday (12 June) took responsibility for small watercraft and missile attacks that left a Greek-owned cargo ship taking on water and in need of rescue near Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hodeidah.
Beijingโs intrusion means Western shipping lines must make sure their crews arenโt just masters of the seas but also able to understand the world of state-linked espionage.
Raisi had been tipped as a possible successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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U.S. president said his grim outlook was based on intelligence reports that he was not at liberty to describe further.
EU frigates have helped 68 merchant vessels get through the Houthis’ Red Sea blockade, but shipping is still down by half as attacks continue.
.The EU’s operation in the Red Sea to protect commercial ships from attacks by Houthi rebels is showing results but remains stuck in a small area of operation due to a lack of ships and other assets, officials said on Monday (8 April).
Yahya Saree, Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman, said in a televised statement that the operations took place ”during the last 72 hours”. He did not give further details of the attacks.
Flemming Lentfer failed to inform defense minister of incident in which a frigate’s defense and ammunition systems failed while engaging the Iran-backed militants, according to reports.
Oil prices rose in early Asian trading on Monday (25 March) on concerns over tighter global supply brought about by escalating conflicts in the Middle East and between Russia and Ukraine, while a shrinking US rig count added to upward price pressure.
The news outlet reported Beijing and Moscow have promised to provide some โpolitical supportโ to the militant group.
An increasing number of sailors are being abandoned by their vesselsโ owners, left stuck on board sometimes for months or even years.
Indian naval forces including special commandos seized a cargo vessel that had been hijacked by Somali pirates, rescuing 17 crew members, a spokesperson for the navy said on Saturday (16 March).
Burns addressed the Israel-Hamas conflict in his testimony at the intelligence communityโs annual worldwide threats hearing.
US, French and British forces downed dozens of drones in the Red Sea area overnight and on Saturday (9 March) after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis targeted bulk carrier Propel Fortune and US destroyers in the region, the US military said in a statement.
The โlarge-scaleโ attack late Friday night was the latest in a series conducted by the Houthis against commercial and naval vessels in the Red Sea since mid-November.
2 mariners were killed and 6 more were injured, according to U.S. officials.
The European Central Bank is expected to freeze interest rates again this week, with officials wary of starting to cut before they see more evidence that recent falls in inflation will be sustained.
Destroyer Caio Duilio, part of the EU shipping protection force, took out weapon when it came within four miles of the vesselAn Italian warship participating in the EU naval protection force in the Red Sea was forced to shoot down a Houthi missile on S…
A Houthi official called the U.K. “a rogue state” that works with the U.S. “in sponsoring the ongoing crime against civilians in Gaza.”
The US military has in recent weeks launched waves of strikes on Houthi-held areas inside Yemen in response to the Houthisโ attacks on shipping routes in the Red Sea.
The attacked ship’s cargo of fertilizer could spill into the Red Sea, US defense officials said.
EU foreign ministers on Monday (19 February) officially launched the EU mission in the Red Sea they hope to be a deterrent against Houthis attack against merchant vessels and avoid any escalation in the region.
The Iran-backed militants claim to have also shot down an American drone.
Coast Guard finds more than 200 packages of medium-range ballistic missile components and other weapons, the military said.
Other Arab countries are restricting operations as well, according to people familiar with the matter.
In todayโs world, the battlefield has become transparent, the warheads much more precise and the weapons very cheap.
The latest updates from Israel’s war on Gaza.
The United States intends to launch further strikes at Iran-backed groups in the Middle East, the White House national security adviser said on Sunday (4 February), after hitting Tehran-aligned factions in Iraq, Syria and Yemen over the last two days.
Deterrence isnโt working, and if allowed to by the U.S., Tehran can play a taunting game in the Middle East forever.
Bombings contradict U.S. and U.K. policy of wanting to avoid escalation, Tehran says.
The U.S. military is intensifying action on two fronts as it battles Iran-backed militants.
The United States and Britain launched strikes against 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday (3 February), in the second day of major US operations against Iran-linked groups following a deadly attack on American troops last weekend.
Itโs the first of what officials expect to be multiple rounds of retaliatory actions following the deaths of three U.S. soldiers.
The US military launched airstrikes on Friday (2 February) in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and the militias it backs, in retaliation for last weekend’s attack in Jordan that killed three US tro…
Supply chain difficulties have led to job losses and cuts in purchasing and stocks, S&P Global poll showsBritainโs factories have been hit by disruption caused by Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea that led to shipping delays and contributed to ri…
The leader of Hamas was expected in Cairo on Thursday (1 February) for talks on a proposed truce in Gaza, as Israel kept up its offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory.
It’s a purely defensive operation to protect ships from Houthi attacks, said foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
National security adviser pushes back on critics of administrationโs Beijing outreach and says Biden-Xi direct communication is crucial to stabilizing ties.
The United States vowed to take โall necessary actionsโ to defend American forces after a drone attack killed three US troops in Jordan, while Qatar said it hoped US retaliation would not damage regional security or undercut progress toward a new Gaza …
Incident in Gulf of Aden is the first time the Iranian-backed group has directly targeted an American military vessel.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Friday (26 January) stepped up attacks on vessels transiting the Red Sea, including a hit that sparked a fire on a fuel tanker operated on behalf of trading firm Trafigura.
Chinese officials have asked their Iranian counterparts to help rein in attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthis, or risk harming business relations with Beijing, four Iranian sources and a diplomat familiar with the matter said.
Carrying more stock, switching to suppliers nearer to consumers and reducing dependence on China are tactics European and US retailers used to build more resilient supply chains following disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
US and British forces carried out a fresh round of strikes on Monday (22 January) in Yemen, targeting a Houthi underground storage site as well as missile and surveillance capabilities used by the Iran-aligned group against Red Sea shipping, the Pentag…
The U.S. military has launched multiple rounds of preemptive strikes against Houthi anti-ship missile sites.
