U.S. abstention on UN cease-fire vote triggers Netanyahu rage

US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield votes abstain during a vote on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the UN headquarters in New York on March 25, 2024. Angela Weiss | … Read more

Biden and Netanyahu on a collision course?

US President Joe Biden (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meet in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 18, 2023. (Photo by GPO/ Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images) GPO | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Visible tensions are appearing in the historically close relationship between the White House and Israel, as the war in Gaza becomes … Read more

Sanctioned and terrorist entities receive most global illicit crypto

Andrea Gacki, director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, appears onscreen during the Chainalysis Links conference in New York, US, on Thursday, May 19, 2022.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sanctioned entities, like those linked to North Korean hacking groups and U.S.-designated terrorist organizations such … Read more

Turkey is back in from the cold with NATO and F-16 moves

President of Turkey Recep Erdogan addresses journalists during the final national press conference during the high level NATO summit in Litexpo Conference Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 12, 2023. Dominika Zarzycka | Nurphoto | Getty Images Turkey spent nearly two years — along with Hungary — holding up Sweden’s accession to NATO. It’s bought … Read more

Middle East escalation likely as Houthis launch most damaging attack yet

Armed Yemeni supporters of the Houthi movement sit on the back of an armored vehicle during an anti-Israel and anti-US rally in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 22, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant Hamas group in Gaza.  Mohammed Huwais | Afp | Getty Images The Middle East looks set for … Read more

Israel’s GDP contracts nearly 20% in fourth quarter amid Gaza war

An Israeli national flag above produce for sale at Carmel Market in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Israel’s gross domestic product shrank by nearly 20% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to official figures. The contraction was significantly larger than expected — analysts predicted a … Read more

Only US can force Middle East peace and should pressure Israel: Lebanon minister

Lebanon’s foreign minister called on the U.S. to pressure Israel and bring an end to its bloody war with Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has now entered its fifth month. Speaking to CNBC on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Abdallah Bou Habib stressed that establishing a pathway to peace was essential, and that … Read more

U.S. announces terrorism charges, seizures linked to Iranian oil network – National

The United States on Friday announced terrorism and sanctions-evasion charges and seizures linked to a billion-dollar oil trafficking network that it says finances Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and other militant groups. The cases are in response to a series of aggressive actions by Iran over several years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) … Read more

Terrorism threat high in Africa and Afghanistan, rising in Europe: UN experts – National

The terrorist threat from al-Qaida, the Islamic State group and their affiliates remains high in conflict zones in Africa and in Afghanistan – and threat levels have risen in some regions including Europe, U.N. experts said in a new report. The panel of experts said in the 23-page report that the relationship between Afghanistan’s Taliban … Read more

Lawmakers demanding Biden strike Iran after U.S. troop deaths in Jordan

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on August 05, 2022 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Congressional lawmakers are demanding President Joe Biden strike Iran after three U.S. troops were killed Sunday night in Jordan in a drone strike claimed by the Islamic Resistance of Iraq, … Read more