The Biden administration said Friday that Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law, but wartime conditions prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes.
The expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams ran aground this week after leaving Libreville, Gabon, where it was participating in a military exercise in the Gulf of Guinea.
US regulators’ decision on whether to approve Moderna Inc.’s vaccine for RSV has been delayed due to “administrative constraints” at the Food and Drug Administration, as the company works to get its second product to market.
One of the first lessons that military spouses learn: In the face of less-than-ideal circumstances, there’s respect in just making do.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel must go into Rafah to finish off the remaining battalions of Hamas, the U.S.-designated terrorist group that killed 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped about 250 last Oct. 7. He said Hamas will “murder again and again” if allowed to survive in Rafah.
Heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah has left crucial nearby aid crossings inaccessible and forced more than 110,000 people to flee north, U.N. officials said Friday.
Eilon Presman approached the UCLA Palestinian solidarity encampment when he heard the screams: “Zionist! Zionist!” The 20-year-old junior, who is Israeli, realized the activists were pointing at him. A line of protesters linked arms and marched toward him, blocking him from accessing the heart of UCLA’s campus.
Israel has racked up a bill of $16 billion after seven months of war, leaving its budget deficit on a path to blow past this year’s target absent government action to stabilize finances.
Many Jewish families in Bay Area communities say an undercurrent of antisemitism has emerged unchecked in K-12 schools amid the divisive national debates spawned by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to reconsider Palestine’s request to become the 194th member of the United Nations.
The U.S. announced a new $400 million package of military aid for Ukraine on Friday, as Kyiv struggles to hold off advances by Russian troops in the northeast Kharkiv region.
Authorities plan to use explosive devices Saturday evening to slice up a huge piece of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sitting atop the Dali container ship that knocked down the bridge six weeks ago, paving the way for the ship to be freed and pushed from the incident site in the coming days.
A top Philippine security official demanded Friday the immediate expulsion of Chinese diplomats allegedly behind a reported leak of a phone conversation between one of the diplomats and a Filipino admiral about South China Sea disputes that have strained diplomatic ties.
William Frederick Beals II – who came to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, wearing fatigues, a leather vest, gloves and a helmet – pleaded guilty Thursday to entering a restricted building and disorderly conduct in a restricted building, both misdemeanors.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as the country’s prime minister on Friday, a widely anticipated move to keep on a technocrat who has maintained a low political profile.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia started a new offensive against territory around Ukraine’s second-largest city as Kremlin forces moved to breach the border in the northeast.
Gen. Eric M. Smith stepped out on a warm, late-afternoon run last fall, pounding the pavement of Southeast Washington on a routine three-mile loop. As the top U.S. Marine, he had spent the morning cheering on participants in the annual Marine Corps Marathon, and wanted to squeeze in his own workout before taking his wife out to dinner.
The U.S. Navy is testing an autonomous drone that can operate above and below the surface in a bid to help African countries battling piracy, the illicit drug trade and other illegal activities in the Gulf of Guinea.
