Russia has vowed to stand "ready" to assist Venezuela as Donald Trump ramps up the US military footprint near the South American country in what Washington has characterized as a counter-narcotics operation.

Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.

Israel is seeking a new 20-year security agreement with the U.S. — doubling the usual term and adding "America First" provisions to win the Trump administration's support, Israeli and U.S. officials tell Axios.

US Central Command said in a press release on Wednesday that its forces in Syria “advised, assisted, and enabled” more than 22 military operations over the past month that resulted in the killing of five alleged ISIS members and the capture of 19.

In the sweltering heat of a second Trump term, the ghosts of interventionist folly are stirring once more. On October 31, 2025, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to declare Nigeria a “country of particular concern” for religious freedom violations, alleging an “existential threat” to Christianity there. By November 1, the rhetoric had escalated: Trump threatened to halt all U.S. aid to Africa’s most populous nation and ordered the Pentagon—now rebranded by the president as the “Department of War”—to prepare for “fast, vicious” military action. “If we attack,” he wrote, “it will be guns-a-blazing to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities against our CHERISHED Christians.” This saber-rattling, echoed by evangelical allies like Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), paints a picture of targeted Christian genocide in Nigeria, demanding American boots on the ground to save the day.

WASHINGTON – The Gerald Ford aircraft carrier strike group has moved into the Latin America region, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, dramatically escalating a military buildup in the Caribbean that has stoked tensions with Venezuela.

US officials in the Joe Biden administration repeatedly warned that Israel was committing war crimes in Gaza. The White House ignored the reports to avoid cutting military aid to Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with top White House adviser Jared Kushner at the premier’s office on Monday morning as Washington and Jerusalem continue to coordinate the ceasefire in Gaza and efforts to bring back the remaining slain hostages held by Hamas.

For the first time in more than two decades, the Pentagon has begun sending conventional ground forces to Panama to train in the jungle there, returning U.S. soldiers and Marines to a three-week course once called the "Green Hell" because of its similarities to Vietnam.

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Monday that the US military bombed two more boats that he claimed, without providing evidence, were carrying drugs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Eight members of the Democratic caucus, who backed a late-night deal aimed at reopening the government and ending the 40-day shutdown, have ignited backlash from inside their own coalition, with critics slamming the move as a “pathetic” surrender.

The National Committee for Missing Persons in the genocide against Gaza stated that more than 10,000 martyrs are still buried under the rubble.

Russia has declared it stands ready to answer Venezuela’s urgent military appeals, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday during a press briefing.

JERUSALEM, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian villagers, activists and journalists on Saturday who had gathered during an attempt to harvest olives near a settler outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, witnesses said.

The US military-led Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) that was recently established in southern Israel has replaced Israel as the “overseer” of Gaza aid deliveries, The Washington Post reported on Friday.

Leaked emails show the details behind talks between Cote d’Ivoire and Israel shepherded by Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein

AMMAN/DAMASCUS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The father of four, who had settled in Colorado and gotten his commercial driver’s license, was driving a truck through Indiana when he was taken by masked ICE agents in October

Two years on from Hamas’ October 7 attack and the start of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, the vast majority of the enclave lies in ruins. Israel’s aerial bombardment, ground invasion, and hermetic blockade of the territory, which long predates the latest offensive, have decimated Gaza’s population, its infrastructure, and its social fabric, amounting to the crime of genocide.

US President Donald Trump’s administration is urging Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza now that a ceasefire is in place, two US officials told The Times of Israel on Monday.