U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a partnership between federal law enforcement agencies and international financial institutions to block Iran’s access to the global financial system.
WASHINGTON–White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted the Atlantic and its editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, during Wednesday’s press briefing, while addressing Goldberg’s “sensationalized story” on Signal communications between Cabinet officials.
Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe testified to the Senate Tuesday that government officials are authorized to use the encrypted messaging application Signal for work, following the disclosure that the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic got inadvertently added to a group chat of senior Trump national security officials.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday that Yemen’s west coast is “on the verge of a catastrophe” in which “thousands will die” from malnutrition.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed confidence in National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, after The Atlantic revealed he created a group chat with top national security officials to collaborate on strikes against Houthis in Yemen that the magazine’s editor-in-chief accidentally got added to.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday addressed a report by The Atlantic that claimed he had shared sensitive details about U.S. military strikes in Yemen on an encrypted messaging app to a group chat with other cabinet members where a reporter was accidentally added.
The editor-in-chief of the anti-Trump The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg was reportedly added to a group chat with Trump cabinet members and other top officials that was created by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to coordinate potential United States military strikes against Houthis two days before they happened, according to the magazine.
White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said in an interview on Sunday airstrikes against Houthi terrorists in Yemen had resulted in the elimination of their “head missileer,” among other important terror officials.
The “supreme leader” of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, used an address marking the Persian New Year, Nowruz, on Friday to claim that Iran does not want or “need” proxy terrorist organizations – contrary to decades of evidence of Iran serving as the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism – and has no authority over Yemen’s Houthi terrorists.
President Donald Trump urged Iran to stop offering financial and political aid to Yemen’s Ansarullah terrorist organization on Wednesday or face the wrath of the U.S. military, predicting that, with or without Iranian help, the Houthis “will be completely annihilated!”
The totalitarian communist government of North Korea condemned President Donald Trump on Tuesday for ordering airstrikes on the Yemeni Houthi terrorist organization, intended as a response to an extended campaign to disrupt global shipping in and around the Red Sea.
The “foreign minister” of the Yemeni Houthi terrorist organization told Reuters in a report published on Tuesday that the jihadists are not abiding by any “talk of dialing down” terrorism in the Red Sea and suggested they would ignore calls from Iran to stop attacking commercial vessels in the region.
Gen. Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said on Monday that Iran will respond “decisively and destructively” to any act of U.S. “aggression.”
The leader of Ansarullah, the jihadist terror organization commonly known as the Houthis, announced a new campaign “against American and Israeli oppression” in an unhinged speech on Sunday, threatening to “escalate” against American military assets in the Middle East.
National Security Advisor Michael Waltz said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that “all options are on the table” when it comes to Iran while responding to the American strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
President Donald Trump announced that his administration is carrying out aerial attacks on the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen in response to attacks on American vessels and aircraft.
The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen issued a warning to international shipping companies on Wednesday that they intend to resume missile and drone attacks against “any Israeli vessel” passing through the Red Sea. The Houthis suspended their attacks in January after Israel announced a ceasefire in Gaza.
The leader of Ansarallah, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, threatened “military intervention” on Thursday against America if President Donald Trump goes ahead with his plan to rehabilitate the war-torn Gaza Strip.
The United Nations announced a temporary pause in humanitarian work in Yemen after the Houthis kidnapped eight more staffers.
Danish shipping giant Maersk posted an update on the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden situation on Friday that said the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Bab-el-Mandeb strait are still too dangerous for commercial vessels, despite promises by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen to discontinue their attacks.
President Donald Trump’s decision to issue an executive order to redesignate the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization is a bold move to protect Americans and global stability, according to Republican Congressman Abe Hamadeh of Arizona, who commended the returning president while slamming the Biden administration’s earlier decision to reverse the designation as a “disastrous mistake.”
The Yemeni terrorist organization Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, dismissed its return to the official American list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) by claiming they never wanted an alliance with Washington – dismissing the severe economic consequences resulting from the designation.
The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen said on Sunday they will begin limiting their wanton attacks on civilian ships in the Red Sea to Israeli vessels, but added they could resume attacking ships from other countries if the Gaza ceasefire agreement does not hold.
Shipping giants Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd told reporters on Thursday they are not yet prepared to return to the Red Sea shipping lanes after the peace deal announced between Israel and Hamas.
The Biden administration on Monday transferred 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Oman, reducing the total number of detainees remaining at Guantanamo to 15. The facility held around 800 detainees at peak population.
The Biden administration released 11 Yemeni terrorists, who were captured after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, from Guantanamo Bay.
The Iranian theocracy on Thursday commemorated the fifth anniversary of the death of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the chief terrorist mastermind of the world’s worst state sponsors of terrorism.
The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen fired another ballistic missile at Israel late Monday night, reminding Israelis that there is still unfinished business in the war that Hamas launched with the October 7, 2023, terror attack.
A U.S.-made-and-supplied Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense battery was reportedly used on Friday morning against a ballistic missile fired by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen at Israel.
The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels fired yet another missile at central Israel early Friday morning, sending millions of Israelis to bomb shelters in the middle of the night, despite Thursday’s counterattack by Israeli forces in Yemen.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), was in the international airport in Sana’a, Yemen, on Thursday when it was attacked by the Israel Air Force (IAF).
Israeli Prime Minsiter Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Thursday, after the Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck multiple targets across Yemen, the fourth Israeli counterattack against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and the most ambitious thus far.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck targets across Yemen on Thursday during the speech of Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, striking the port city of Hodeida and the international airport in the capital city of Sana’a in the interior.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lit the first candle of Hanukkah in Jerusalem, Israel, on Wednesday evening, and warned Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who have been firing missiles and drones from Yemen that they are about to learn a lesson.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched a ballistic missile at Israel overnight on Christmas Eve into Christmas Day, sending millions of Israelis into bomb shelters in the middle of the night for the second night in a row.
Israel said this week that it will begin targeting Houthi rebel leaders in Yemen, just as it has targeted the leaders of Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, in order to stop the Iranian-backed group from firing missiles at Israel.
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, urged Syrians on Sunday to rise up against the insurgents who toppled Tehran’s puppet dictator, Bashar Assad. Khamenei claimed the rebel assault that ended five decades of rule by the Assad dynasty was organized and directed by the United States and Israel.
The USS Gettysburg guided missile cruiser mistakenly shot down an American fighter jet in the early morning hours of Sunday in what United States Central Command called “an apparent case of friendly fire.”
Israel conducted its third long-range airstrike on the terrorist Houthi militia in Yemen early Thursday morning, hours after the rebels fired a ballistic missile at Israel’s population centers that was intercepted outside Israeli airspace.
Israel is reportedly preparing massive retaliation against the Houthis in Yemen, Iran’s last major terrorist proxy army, after the rebel group fired another ballistic missile Monday that triggered air raid sirens in central Israel.
