Three American soldiers were killed and 34 others injured in a suicide drone attack early Sunday at a military outpost in northeastern Jordan, raising the possibility of more direct involvement by the US in the proxy war between Iran and Israel.
Hostilities involving nations like Yemen, Turkey, Jordan, Iran, and Pakistan leads Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis (US Army–Ret.) to conclude that the Iran-Hamas conflict has escalated into a regional Mideast war.
The Washington Post reports that the White House convened senior officials last Wednesday to plan a military operation against Yemen’s Iran-backed government, raising the odds of another unpredictable Middle East war.
ONE OF THE ISSUES discussed by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week is preparing for “Disease X.”
The US and UK struck about a dozen targets in Yemen Thursday night, retaliation for attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. This threatens to turn the Israel-Hamas war into a regional one.
A wave of cold air described by one forecaster as “gobsmackingly bananas” is due to hit the US this weekend, raising questions about the energy grid in Texas which suffered from widespread blackouts during a cold snap in 2020.
The FBI’s efforts to interfere in the last two presidential elections on behalf of Democrats brings to mind the Praetorian Guard in the Roman Empire. Once the Guard realized it had the power to make and break emperors, who learned to play ball—or else.Continue Reading
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) says FBI whistleblowers allege a widespread effort inside the bureau to downplay or discredit negative information about Hunter Biden in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.Continue Reading
A new study funded by the US government provides what researchers call a “high degree” of confidence that the deadly nerve agent sarin is behind Gulf War Syndrome, which has left hundreds of thousands of soldiers with chronic debilitating illnesses.Continue Reading
Ukraine apparently used cluster munitions for the first time in the war with Russia, a type of weapon banned by an international treaty of more than 100 nations—although Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. are not among them.Continue Reading