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News

Updated March 31, 2025 - 9:08 PM EDT

Iran Warns of 'Strong' Response if US Attacks

		*US Launches Dozens More Airstrikes on Yemen, One Civilian Killed*
		*Gabbard Calls Trump 'President of Peace' Despite Yemen Bombings*

Israel Kills 1,000 in Gaza Since Breaking Truce

		*Israeli Military Orders Full Evacuation of Gaza's Southern City of Rafah*
		*Netanyahu Says Israel 'Increasing Pressure' on Hamas*
		*Israeli Officer: IDF Has a Sub-Army of Palestinian Slaves*
		*Only 7 Hamas Members Named Among 436 Killed by Israel in One Day*

Israel Fires on UNIFIL Peacekeepers in Lebanon

Syrian Kurds Fault New 'Inclusive' Govt After Getting Shut Out

Pentagon To Focus on Preparing for War With China

US Deploying Another Missile System to the Philippines

Trump 'Pissed Off' at Putin, Threatens Oil Tariffs

US Bombs Somalia, Says ISIS Operatives Killed

Int'l Students Told To Self Deport for Campus Activism

Viewpoints

	Arab Failures: The Unspoken Complicity in Israel's Genocide by Ramzy Baroud
	Israel Kills Palestinian Journalist as Media Look Away by Belén Fernández

	Sometimes, Appeasement Is the Best Option by Ted Galen Carpenter
	The Real Outrage in Yemen by Kathy Kelly
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

'The Target Is Unmistakable':
The Shooting of Gaza's Children
by Amel Guettatfi

Frontline

	Trump Doesn't Rule Out Military Intervention in Greenland – Again
	Sudan's RSF Confirms Retreat From Khartoum, Eyes 'Stronger' Return
	Israel's Netanyahu To Visit Hungary, Flouting ICC Arrest Warrant

Diego Garcia: The Indian Ocean Base the US Can Use To Target Iran

The War at Home

	US Shipbuilding in a 'Perpetual State of Triage,' Watchdog Says
	SecDef Gives DoD Leaders Less Than Two Weeks To Lay Out Cuts, Changes
	Trump Aims To Outlaw Most Government Unions on 'National Security' Grounds
	Mahmoud Khalil's Lawyers To Appear in New Jersey Court Over Jurisdiction of Columbia Activist's Case
	Reform Rabbi Leader Condemns Khalil's Arrest, Says Campus Crackdown Risks Greater Antisemitism
	Hegseth's Younger Brother Is Serving in a Key Role Inside the Pentagon
	Trump Lawyers Try To Shift Palestinian Activist's Case to Louisiana
	Tracking the Foreign Nationals Detained by ICE as Tourists or US Residents
	In Private Meeting, Vance and Top Advisers Suggested Trump Oust Waltz
	'Should I Fire Him?' Inside Trump's Deliberations Over the Fate of Michael Waltz
	A Look at Who Has Been Detained or Deported in a US Crackdown on Pro-Palestinian Protesters
	US Institute of Peace Lays Off Staff After Dramatic Standoff With DOGE
	Dozens of US Lawmakers Condemn 'Disturbing' Arrest of Tufts Student With Pro-Palestine Views

Greenland

	'Not How You Talk to Allies', Danish FM Tells the US Over Greenland
	What To Know About the US Military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland
	Vance Says Denmark Has 'Not Done a Good Job' at Keeping Greenland Secure as Trump Pushes for US Ownership

Russia/Ukraine

	Russia Says Captured Two More Ukraine Villages
	Ukraine Won't Sign Minerals Deal With US if It Threatens EU Membership, Zelensky Says

United Kingdom

	Navy Divers, Polish Forces To Aid in Recovery of Missing US Soldiers
	How the UK Continued Selling Arms After Yemen Massacre
	Police Raid Quaker Meeting House in London and Arrest Six Women at Youth Demand Talk
	Sensitive British Military Papers Found Strewn Across Street
	'Explosives Caused My Bladder Cancer', Says British Army Bomb-Disposal Officer

Europe

	Former Leader of Denmark: 'We Have Stood Side by Side With America for Decades'
	EU Open To 'Compromise' on US Tariffs, Says German Chancellor
	Finland's President Stubb Boosts Trump Ties Over Golf During Unofficial Trip to Florida
	Poland Signs Order for 111 Borsuk IFVs Under $1.7 Billion Contract

Sudan

	Sudanese Rights Group Says 50,000 Missing as War Nears Two-Year Mark
	Sudan, South Sudan Leaders Reaffirm Mutual Support in Phone Call
	Is Sudan's War Merging With South Sudanese Conflicts?
	Sudan Army Chief Vows To Break RSF Sieges in Darfur and Kordofan, Rules Out Talks
	Sudan Army Says Retakes Khartoum-Area Market From Paramilitaries
	Sudan's Burhan Says War Will Not End Until RSF Lays Down Its Arms

Niger

	Niger Says Withdrawing From Lake Chad Anti-Jihadist Force
	Green Beret Killed in Niger Upgraded to Silver Star After New Footage Emerges

Africa

	Algeria Expels Moroccan Diplomat in Oran Over 'Suspicious Actions'
	Suspected Jihadist Attack Kills 'Several Dozen' Soldiers in Burkina Faso
	Somaliland Hits Out Over Somalia's Offer to Trump of Berbera Airbase and Port
	Ugandan Army Denies Using Chemical Weapons in South Sudan
	Guinea Ex-Dictator Freed From Jail After 2009 Massacre Pardon: Junta

Gaza

	Palestine Red Crescent Says 15 Bodies Found in Search for Missing Gaza Crew
	Palestinians Starve as Israel Continues Full Ban on Humanitarian Aid
	Israeli Drone Attacks Food-Seekers Outside Charity Kitchen in Gaza
	Israel Scraps System Protecting Aid Workers in Gaza, Agencies Say
	Gaza Bakeries Could Shut Down Within Days Under Israeli Blockade
	Palestinian Patients in Gaza Dying Due to Lack of Medical Supplies, Equipment: American Surgeon

West Bank

	The Many Ways Israeli Settlers Steal Palestinian Homes
	Israel Seeks To Erase Refugee Camps From Jenin and Tulkarm
	Academy Apologizes After Stars Say It 'Failed To Defend' Palestinian Filmmaker
	Israeli Settlers Raid Masafer Yatta Following Days of Increased Attacks
	Mapping How Israel's Land Grabs Are Reshaping the Occupied West Bank
	Israeli Settlers Seen on Camera Assaulting a Palestinian Village. Police Arrest Only Palestinians
	Hamas Slams Israel's 'Colonial' Road Project Meant To Split West Bank, Isolate East Jerusalem

Israel/Palestine

	Israel Forces Deny Al-Aqsa Entry to Palestinians for Final Friday Prayers of Ramadan
	'Zionism Does Not Fit Our Worldview,' Says Rabbi
	75% of Israeli Reservists Struggling Financially: Media
	Glorious Legacy of Israel's So-Called 'Guardian of Democracy'
	Top Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Orders Yeshiva Students To Ignore IDF Conscription Orders
	Their Bedouin Village Was Wiped Off the Face of the Earth. Israel Wants To Displace Them Again
	Palestinians Commemorate Land Day Under Threat of Erasure
	120,000 Palestinians Perform Eid Al-Fitr Prayers at Al-Aqsa
	Inside Israel's 'Torture' Jails Where Palestinians Held Without Charge Tell of Brutal Treatment
	White House Threatens to Ban Foreign Students Who Oppose Israel's Genocide in Gaza
	Crisis in Israeli Army as Reserve Soldiers Refuse To Serve

Iraq

	How Iraq's ISIS Captives Became a Lucrative Ransom Trade
	Iraq Agrees To Supply Lebanon With Fuel for Six Months

Yemen

	Ansarallah Leaders Says US Escalation in Yemen 'Will Not Affect' Pro-Palestine Ops
	Mysterious Airstrip in Bab El-Mandeb Strait Off Yemen Appears Ready, Satelitte Images Show

Lebanon

	Lebanese Army Detains Suspects Linked to Rocket Fire at Israel
	Syria, Lebanon Sign Border Security Deal in Saudi Arabia

Turkey

	Turkey Jails Lawyer of Jailed Istanbul Mayor, Main Opposition Party Says
	Turkey Mulls Building New Military Base To Train Forces in Syria
	Turkey, Egypt Strike Deal for Joint Production of Robotic Vehicles
	Turkish Opposition Rallies for Release of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu

Afghanistan/Pakistan

	Taliban Will Not Return Arms to US, Offers Afghan Mineral Wealth for Investments
	11 Dead, Including Civilians, in Drone Strikes Against Taliban in Pakistan
	US Woman Thanks Trump After Release by Taliban in Afghanistan