10+ hour, 56+ min ago   (864+ words) Hamas has already agreed to the proposal. American negotiators appeared to acquiesce to Israeli demands that Hamas disarmament must come before any reconstruction of the devastated Palestinian enclave. They did not publicly signal that Israel had made any commitments to…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1092+ words) Clashes between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen raged overnight and into Thursday, raising fears that the country's civil war could reignite and open another front in the Middle East. Here's a look at the latest developments in…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (191+ words) "We are the United States of America and there is nothing we can't do if we do it together." -- President Joe Biden I am not in the habit of favorably quoting the former president, but he was right when he…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (945+ words) Yemeni authorities said six people were killed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacking a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, while U.S. forces fired on a ship they said was trying to break a blockade of Iran's ports. Here’s a look at…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (211+ words) Chattanooga Times Free Press Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Aug. 11, 2026. The son of a career army officer, Bennett led a nomadic life, attending ten different schools before graduating in 1980 from the University of North Alabama with degrees in Art and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (974+ words) The agreement was signed in the Saudi holy city of Mecca by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, according to statements from all three countries. The so-called “Mecca Joint…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (372+ words) President Trump and members of his administration are (pick your metaphor) whistling past the graveyard, engaging in wishful thinking and/or deluding themselves into believing a demon can be transformed into an angel. Let's not forget, though some apparently have…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (500+ words) Nikolay Mladenov, the high representative for Gaza, held "constructive and detailed" talks with Netanyahu and his team, the Board of Peace said in a statement. "The goal is clear and is not in question: the complete decommissioning of weapons in…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1008+ words) Talks between the U.S. and Iran are critical to ending the monthslong conflict and reviving stalled cargo traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway through which about a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passed before the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1005+ words) These were not Syrian militants attempting to breach Israel's border, but religious Jews who had slipped into Syria and were on their way back. Israel's military has occupied the area in southern Syria for more than a year, but forays…...