The United States is not looking for a war with the Houthis, the White House said on Tuesday. “We’re not looking to expand this. The Houthis have a choice to make and they still have time to make the right choice, which is to stop these reckless attacks,” White House spokesman John Kirby said. Attacks
Pakistan said neighboring Iran has violated its airspace resulting in the death of two children, hours after Iranian state media said missiles targeted two bases of militant group Jaish al Adl on Tuesday. Islamabad warned that the incident could have “serious consequences” and was “completely unacceptable” in a statement released by Pakistan’s foreign office spokesperson
An aide to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin asked a 911 operator that an ambulance retrieving the secretary not use lights and sirens to keep things “subtle.” “Can I ask—can the ambulance not show up with lights and sirens? Uhm, we’re trying to remain a little subtle,” said the aide, according to the Daily Beast, which
Anti-Israel government employees planning a “walkout” to protest the Biden administration’s military support for Israel had their plans foiled after a snow day shut down all federal offices in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Anonymous protest organizers claimed that “hundreds” of employees from the White House and other agencies, including the State Department, the Defense Department,
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) will force a vote on a measure that would threaten to freeze military aid to Israel. The Senate will vote Tuesday on the resolution that would require the State Department to produce a review within 30 days on whether the Jewish state violated human rights during its war against Hamas
American Navy SEALs last week seized Iran-made weapons parts that a small boat was carrying to the Houthis in Yemen, the U.S. military said Tuesday. “This is the first seizure of lethal, Iranian-supplied advanced conventional weapons to the Houthis since the beginning of Houthi attacks against merchant ships in November 2023,” U.S. Central Command said
Pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday chanted at a cancer hospital in New York City, yelling “shame” at the treatment center. “We will continue to march as we talk about another complicit institution, the Memorial Sloan Kettering Center. Make sure they hear you. They’re in the windows,” one organizer told a crowd of marching demonstrators as they