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Updated March 3, 2025 - 8:16 PM EST

Trump Pauses All Military Aid to Ukraine

		*Trump Slams Zelensky for Saying War End 'Far Away'*
		*US Says Zelensky 'Blew Up' Minerals Deal*
		*DoD Halts Cyber Attacks on Russia To Encourage Talks*

UK, France Work on Alternative Ukraine Plan

European Leaders Voice Support for Zelensky After Trump Meeting

Israel Blocks All Aid to Gaza as Phase 1 Ends

		*Rubio Expedites Shipment of $4 Billion in Military Aid for Israel*
		*Israel Killed 16 Children in West Bank Since 2025 Began*

Trump Eases Restrictions on Strikes, Special Ops

US Launches Airstrikes Against Al-Shabaab in Somalia

US Confirms Drone Strike in Syria's Idlib

IDF Told To Protect Syrian Druze in Signs of Deeper Intervention

US Unfreezes Military Aid for Taiwan

Turkish-PKK Clashes Erupt in Northern Iraq

Sen. Lee, Rep. Massie, Call for US To Exit NATO

Viewpoints

	I Am Seeking a Discharge From the US Military. I Was Inspired by Aaron Bushnell by Joy Metzler
	SLOCS and Chokepoints: Panama, Greenland, Canada – and Indigenous Peoples by Marc Sills

	The Geopolitics of Peace by Jeffrey D. Sachs
	The Pentagon Keeps Losing Equipment and Buying Stuff It Doesn't Need by Matthew Petti
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

And the Oscar
Goes to...
the Pentagon
by Ashley Gate

Frontline

	Palestinians Release Counter-Video to Trump's AI-Generated Gaza Riviera
	Taliban Rejects Trump's Claims About Chinese Presence at Bagram
	Ramadan in War-Torn Sudan Eclipsed by Famine and Inflation

With Flowers, Tears, and Defiance, Thousands Bury Nearly 100 Lebanese in Mass Funeral
Marwan Naamani/dpa via Reuters Connect

Russia

	Russian Missile Attack Damages MSC Boxship at Port of Odesa
	Russia Launches Soyuz Rocket With Spacecraft for Defense Purposes, RIA Reports
	Russia Claims New IAEA Rotation Arrives at Zaporizhzhia Plant Through Its Territory

Ukraine

	Ukraine Forecasts $35 Billion in Domestic Defense Production for 2025
	Ukraine's Zelensky Says He Can Salvage Relationship With US
	US Republicans Suggest Zelensky May Have To Step Down if Peace Deal To Be Reached

Europe

	Ex-Israeli Army Chief Met UK News Editors To 'Cultivate Support' for Gaza Genocide
	Denmark Says Open to Possible Troop Deployment in Ukraine
	Macron: EU Needs 'Hundreds of Billions' in Defense Spending as US Pivots Away
	Germany Says if Russia Halts Air Bombings, This Could Serve as a Starting Point for Talks
	Norway Says It Will Keep Supplying Fuel to US Navy After Company's Boycott

DR Congo

	Why DR Congo's Vast Army Is Struggling To Fight M23
	DR Congo's Goma Faces Economic and Financial Crisis Following M23 Takeover
	Explosions and Gunfire Rip Through Rebel Rally in DR Congo
	DR Congo Says Handover of 20 Alleged Hutu Rebels to Rwanda Was Staged
	Ugandan Army Deploys to Town in Northeast DR Congo Amid Fears of Wider Conflict

Sudan

	Egypt Rejects Attempts To Form Parallel Sudanese Government
	Sudanese Military Escalates Fight Affecting Many Children
	Sudan Army Ally 'Intercepts RSF Supply Shipment'

Africa

	Egyptian Political Prisoner Dies Due to Medical Negligence
	Nine Gunmen, One Soldier Killed in Northern Benin
	Ethiopia and Somalia Hold Talks Aimed at Reaffirming Ties
	Jihadist Ambush Kills 11 Soldiers in North Niger

China

	China Amends Military Regulations To Emphasize the Need for War Readiness
	Plan To Put Trump on $250 Bill Tickles China as Number Means 'Stubborn Idiot' in Slang

Asia

	North Korea Says It Launched Cruise Missiles in Message to 'Enemies'
	Blast at Taliban-Linked Pakistani Seminary Kills Six, Injures 20
	Kyrgyzstan Says To Swap Land With Tajikistan, Ending Years-Long Spat

The War at Home

	The Pentagon Is Sending About 3,000 More Active-Duty Troops to the US-Mexico Border
	Stryker Teams, Additional Troops, Ordered to Southern Border
	US Army Compromising Fitness Standards To Meet Recruitment Goals: Watchdog
	Trump Wants To Shrink the State Dept's Size, Reach and Focus
	GAO Flags Pentagon Efforts To Enable Satellite Communications Via Lasers

Latin America

	Guyana Triggers Military Response After Venezuelan Vessel Enters Its Waters
	Mexico Says Drug Lords Sent to US Over 'National Security'

Lebanon

	Lebanon Village Buries Dozens of Dead, After Israeli Withdrawal
	Lebanese PM Visits Southern Villages as Israeli Ceasefire Violations Persist
	Lebanon's President to Asharq Al-Awsat: Decision of War and Peace Lies Solely With the State
	One in four Children in Lebanon Out of School Due to Israel War
	Lebanon Will Ask Saudi Arabia To Resume $3 Billion Grant to Army, President Says
	Lebanon Court Charges 20 Over Attack on UNIFIL Vehicle Which Injured Deputy Commander

Gaza

	At Least 116 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Fire Since Gaza Ceasefire
	Gaza Funding at Risk as UK Development Minister Quits Over Starmer Foreign Aid Cuts
	Senior Hamas Leader Says Movement Isn't Interested in Ruling Gaza, but Laying Down Arms Remains a 'Red Line'
	Saudi Arabia Says Israel Halting Gaza Aid Is 'Collective Punishment'
	Egypt Says Gaza Reconstruction Plan Ready, Pushes for Second Phase Ceasefire Talks
	Red Cross Says 'Essential' To Maintain Gaza Truce
	Israel Informs Aid Groups Army 'Will Remain in Post-War Gaza': Report
	Ben-Gvir Refuses To Apologize to Captives Who Said His Comments Worsened Their Treatment in Gaza
	Israel Broke Gaza Ceasefire Repeatedly, Targeting Civilians: Report

Israel/Palestine

	Israeli Govt Approves Call-Up of 400,000 Reserve Soldiers
	Qatar Urges Israel To Allow UNRWA To Operate
	Israel's Silent War on Occupied West Bank's Palestinian Shepherds and Livestock
	Israeli Forces Intensify West Bank Raids and Continue Tulkarem and Jenin Siege
	Israel Threatens a Second Nakba, Yet Denies the First Ever Happened
	Israeli Forces Torch Homes in Nur Shams: Reports
	Israeli Forces Looted 'Mountains' of Cash, Gold and Weapons in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon
	Haunting Footage Shows Final Moments of Palestinian Boy Killed by IOF
	Israeli Troops Stole 'Mountains of Cash and Gold' From Gaza, Lebanon, Syria
	Knesset Prepares 'Greater Jerusalem' Mass Settlement Expansion Plan
	Palestinians in West Bank Face Devastating Ramadan Amid Israeli Raids, Displacement

Syria

	Six Killed in Shooting at Mosque in Syria
	In Syria's Al-Hol and Roj Camps, Moroccan Women and Children Plead for Repartition
	Lebanese Druze Leader Warns of 'Israeli Plot' To 'Sabotage, Divide Syria' on Sectarian Lines
	Syrian Kurds Say Ocalan's Message 'Has Nothing To Do With Us'
	Syria Rights Groups Slam Government Over Justice Workshop Ban

Middle East

	PKK Says Ceasefire Applies to All Affiliated Groups
	Iran's Economy Minister Impeached as Inflation Rises, Currency Falls
	Baghdad Says Kurdish Crude Exports To Resume 'Imminently' Despite Denials by Private Firms