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Updated May 19, 2026 - 7:11 AM EDT

Trump 'Holds Off' on Iran Attack Due to Gulf Request

Pakistan Deploys Thousands of Troops to Saudi Arabia: Report

Netanyahu: Israel Taking More Territory in Gaza

		*Israeli Attacks in Gaza Kill Six Palestinians in 24 Hours*
		*Israel Raid of Gaza-Bound Flotilla Near Cyprus Sparks Outrage*

Report: ICC Prosecutor Seeking Arrest Warrant for Israel's Smotrich

US Launches More Airstrikes in NE Nigeria

Senators Propose Bill To Repeal Selective Service

US Cancels Deployment of Typhon to Germany

Cuba's President Warns US Attack Will Cause 'Bloodbath'

Viewpoints

	Can We Please Talk About Why We Are in a Missile Shortage? by Katherine Thompson
	US/Iran Energy Shock Damage Is Spreading in Asia by Dan Steinbock

	Trump's Failed Mission to China by Larry Johnson
	The Nuclear Hypocrisy of Israel by Tom Sauer
More Viewpoints

Trump Appears Poised to Restart the Iran War
by Trita Parsi

Frontline

	Trump's Approval Sinks Amid Unpopular War, Darkening GOP Prospects
	In Closed-Door Talks, US Demands a Major Role in Greenland
	Growing Bread Queues in Gaza as Israel Restricts Fuel, Flour Imports

The War at Home

	Pete Hegseth Stumps for Thomas Massie GOP Challenger in Stark Break From Pentagon Norms
	NYT Files New Lawsuit Challenging Pentagon's Press Restrictions
	Massie Race Breaks Spending Record as Pro-Israel Groups Target Trump Critic
	San Diego Mosque Shooting: Five Dead, Including Two Suspects, Police Say
	Unplanned Depot Repairs on the Rise, USAF Undercounts Delays
	Trump's Hormuz Ship Insurance Facility Has Done $0 Business
	Pentagon Says It Pauses Long-Standing US-Canada Military Board
	A Test Run for the Anti-AIPAC Super PAC
	Donald Trump's Iran War Hits Americans With $40 Billion Fuel Bill
	IEA Chief Warns Global Oil Reserves Have 'Weeks' of Supply Left

Greenland

	Greenlanders Are Not 'Experimental Subjects', Says Minister as She Decries US Doctor's Visit
	Greenland Says US Talks Make Progress but Island Is Not for Sale

Russia/Ukraine

	US Treasury Issues Temporary 30-Day General License To Provide Access to Russian Oil
	Lavrov Says Moscow Did Not See US Proposals on Iran Nuclear Settlement but Ready To Facilitate
	Ukraine Courts New Zealand for Joint Military Drone Effort
	Ukrainian Attack on Russia's Belgorod Region Leaves Two Dead, Two Wounded
	US Continues To Train Ukrainian Pilots To Use F-16 Fighter Jets: Report
	Kremlin Dismisses Zelensky Warning on Russian Threat to NATO From Belarus
	Ukraine's Odesa Heavily Attacked in 'Retaliation' for Deadly Drone Raids on Moscow

United Kingdom

	Keir Starmer Says He 'Won't Walk Away' as Prime Minister
	English Premier League Clubs Accused of Sportswashing Israel's Atrocities

Europe

	European Parliament Rejects Debate on Israel's Airstrikes in Lebanon
	Italy Hit by Mass Strike Over Rearmament and in Solidarity With Gaza
	Poland Scrambles To Respond After Pentagon Ditches Troop Deployment Plan

Asia

	Gunmen Kill Two Police Officers Assigned To Protect Polio Workers in Pakistan
	UK Ends In-Country Help for Afghan Relocations

Lebanon

	Israeli Strike Kills a Commander of Palestinian Group, Daughter in Eastern Lebanon
	Pope Leo XIV to Catholicos Aram I: 'I Pray Daily for the People of Lebanon'
	Hezbollah Launches Broad Attack Across South Lebanon Positions

Iran

	Iranian President Says Dialogue With US Doesn't Mean Surrender
	On the Ground From the Cemetery Where Children and Women Were Buried After US Strike on Iranian School
	Iran War Saddles Global Companies With $25 Billion Bill – and Counting
	US Accepts Temporary Waiver of Iran Oil Sanctions During Negotiations: Iranian Media
	Iran Plans To Offer Insurance for Hormuz Transit: Will It Work?
	Iran Sends Response to US Proposal To End War Via Mediator Pakistan
	Iran Announces 'Persian Gulf Strait Authority' To Manage Hormuz With Oman
	Why Iran's Choice of Beijing Envoy Signals an 'Unprecedented' Commitment
	Hormuz Tanker Traffic Edges Higher After Wartime Low
	Israeli Media Reports Military Preparing for Possible Iran Strikes
	Iran's IRGC Says It Seized Alleged US-Made Weapons Near Iraqi Border

Israel/Palestine

	Medicine Shortage Threatens 225,000 Gaza Patients With High Blood Pressure
	UN Says Distinction Between Settler, State Violence 'Narrowing' in West Bank
	Carrying Gaza Children's Dreams to the Top of the World
	Palestinian Dies of Wounds From Israeli Fire in Occupied West Bank
	Smotrich Attacks Attorney General, Rule of Law in Dramatic Knesset Committee Hearing
	'Like Madmen': Palestinian Family Attacked in Their Sleep by Israeli Settlers

Yemen

	'We Are Prepared': Al-Houthi Says Resistance Ready for Any US-Israeli Move
	Yemen's Houthis Shot Down US Drone in Marib: Report

Iraq

	Why Is US General David Petraeus Visiting Baghdad?
	Iraq Says Air Defenses Did Not Detect Drones Toward Saudi Arabia

Africa

	In the Wake of Iran War, African Nations Struggle To Cope With Rising Fuel Costs
	Kenya Transport Protests Turn Deadly as Four Killed in Fuel Price Unrest
	Migrants 'Feared for Their Lives' as Libyan Gunmen Fired on Rescue Ship
	Mali Drone Strikes Kill at Least 10 Civilians at Wedding
	Nigeria Pushes for Expanded Domestic Defense Manufacturing

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