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Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday slammed Hamas's response to the Gaza ceasefire proposal, claiming some of the Palestinian group's conditions were not "workable." Blinken made the comments in Doha alongside Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani. "Hamas has proposed numerous changes to the proposal…

President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are expected to sign a deal for long-term US military assistance to Ukraine on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit that begins in Italy on Thursday. According to CNN, the deal will commit the US to 10 years of arming and…

President Biden has approved the delivery of another Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The system is being pulled out of Poland and will be the second Patriot battery the US has sent to Ukraine. It could be deployed to the frontlines within…

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the alliance was discussing the "adaption" of its nuclear arsenal to the "current security environment" amid soaring tensions with Russia. He listed two examples of NATO's "adaptation," the Netherlands acquiring F-35 fighter jets that could drop US nuclear weapons stored in the country…

Group of Seven leaders will begin a summit in Italy this Thursday and are expected to announce a plan to set up a fund for Ukraine using interest generated by frozen Russian assets, Nikkei Asia reported on Tuesday. Earlier reports said the Biden administration was pushing for the EU and…

A hearing for WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange to appeal his extradition to the US will be held next month on July 9 and July 10, British court officials announced on Tuesday. Assange, an Australian citizen, has been granted the chance to appeal his extradition on the grounds that he may…

Hamas has submitted to Egyptian and Qatari mediators its formal response to a Gaza ceasefire proposal that was recently outlined by President Biden. The Palestinian group is seeking stronger assurances on a permanent ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Under the initial proposal, the two sides would negotiate a permanent…

The UN's World Food Program (WFP) has paused aid shipments into Gaza through the US-built pier just days after they resumed as the project continues to fail to bring any relief to starving Palestinians. WFP chief Cindy McCain said the deliveries were paused due to safety concerns. The US-built pier…

On Monday, the UN Security Council adopted a US-drafted ceasefire resolution for Gaza based on a proposal recently outlined by President Biden. Fourteen members of the 15-member body voted in favor, and Russia abstained. The US claims Israel has accepted the proposal, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly…

A senior Ukrainian Air Force official said Monday that Ukraine plans to keep some of the Western-provided US-made F-16 fighter jets that it will receive at foreign military bases to protect them from Russian strikes, an arrangement that risks provoking Russian attacks on NATO territory. "There are a certain number…