Turkey has requested to join South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel in the International Court of Justice, which accuses Israel of genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Nicaragua, Libya, and Palestinian officials have all requested to join. Meanwhile, reactions to Yahya Sinwar’s appointment as the new Hamas leader continue. The White House said that […]
Top U.S. and Australian officials wrapped up their annual bilateral meeting in Maryland on Tuesday. The dialogue stressed that the alliance is key to keeping the peace in the region and pushing back against China’s overreach in the South China Sea.
The Philippines said on Wednesday that three Chinese navy ships tailed a joint military exercise it began with Canada, the United States, and Australia in disputed South China Sea waters. Retired U.S. army Col. John Mills, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, offers his analysis.
The Hamas terrorist group has appointed a new leader, Yahya Sinwar, a little more than a week after his predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in a clandestine attack. NTD spoke with CEO of the Near East Center of Strategic Engagement, lieutenant Colonel Sargis Sangari, for a look out how Hamas’s new captain could affect the […]
GENEVA—The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday he will convene an expert group to determine if the increasing spread of the mpox virus in Africa warrants being declared a global emergency. At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that given the increasing spread of mpox cases beyond Congo, […]
The U.S. Defense Department is continuing to move military assets across the Middle East to help defend Israel. The Pentagon says it’s making sure it can respond to a “range of contingencies.” Jonathan Ruhe, foreign policy director at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, joins NTD to discuss how the appointment of Hamas’s […]
The United States, the Philippines, Australia, and Canada began their first joint exercises in the South China Sea on Wednesday, and the Philippines reported Chinese navy vessels tailing the exercises. International military strategist retired Lt. Col. Darin Gaub speaks with NTD on the importance of the military drills in the hotly-contested South China Sea.
The Hamas terrorist group on Wednesday named Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind behind the Oct. 7 attack, as its new political leader. Gabriel Noronha, a former State Department adviser on Iran, speaks with NTD on what this means for Hamas, for Israel, and for the ongoing war in Gaza.
After Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh’s death, the terrorist organization named Yahya Sinwar—the architect of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel—as its new top leader. What does this mean for the war in Gaza, the hostage negotiations, and even the time after the war? NTD spoke with Avi Melamed, a former Israeli intelligence official […]
A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran has been charged in the United States in connection with a foiled plot to assassinate a U.S. politician or government officials, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. David Wurmser, an analyst for Middle East affairs at the Center for Security Policy, joined NTD to discuss the issue.
Amid ongoing negotiations, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said at a Wednesday press conference that the Biden Administration believes it is in the “final stages” of a cease-fire deal between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group. Miller also says the State Department is warning against any escalation of the conflict by either side or a […]
Airlines operating international flights are being told to steer clear of Iranian airspace as tensions rise over a potential escalation between Iran and Israel. In a safety notice issued Aug. 7, Egypt instructed all of its airlines to avoid flying above the Iranian capital of Tehran the next day from 1 a.m. until 4 a.m. […]
VIENNA—Organizers of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna this week called them off on Wednesday after officials announced arrests over an apparent plot to launch an attack on an event in the Vienna area such as the concerts. Swift was scheduled to play at the Austrian capital’s Ernst Happel Stadium on Thursday, Friday and Saturday […]
NEW YORK—A New York City journalist was arrested Tuesday on charges that he accompanied a group of pro-Palestinian protesters as they hurled red paint at the homes of top leaders at the Brooklyn Museum earlier this summer. Samuel Seligson, an independent videographer, faces felony hate crime charges. According to a criminal complaint written by a […]
QAMISHLI, Syria—Fighters backed by Iran and the Syrian government have attacked areas controlled by U.S.-backed fighters in eastern Syria, killing at least two people and wounding others, the main U.S.-backed force in the war-torn country and an opposition war monitor said Wednesday. The clashes in Syria’s eastern province of Deir el-Zour, which borders Iraq, came […]
KROEV, Germany—A hotel in Germany’s picturesque Moselle wine valley collapsed overnight, killing two people, local police said on Wednesday, as rescuers worked urgently to extricate the two remaining guests who were trapped in the rubble. One woman’s body was recovered but emergency responders have not yet been able to reach the body of the second […]
Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Richard Marles speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), following the Australia–U.S. Ministerial Consultations this week with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, at 10 a.m. ET on Aug. 7.
MOSCOW—Russia said on Wednesday that it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces which had penetrated Russia’s Kursk region in one of the largest incursions into Russia since the Ukraine war began in February 2022. Russia has advanced this year after the failure of Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive to achieve any major gains, and has taken […]
GENEVA—A Chinese American teen is vying to become the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents in a quest that also aims to drum up donations for research into childhood cancer. Ethan Guo, who turned 19 last month, began his quest in May in Memphis, Tennessee. He made multiple overnight stops and visited […]
China is holding a military drill in Africa as part of its broader effort to extend its influence across the continent. The exercise, named “Peace and Unity 2024,” began last Tuesday in Tanzania and has drawn attention for its scale and strategic implications.
