US Hits 'Rogue' International Criminal Court With Sweeping Sanctions

US Sending Witkoff, Kushner To Pakistan As Iran Balks At Talks Summary President Trump is sending two envoys - Steve Witkoff and Jared Jushner - for talks with Iran in Pakistan, CNN reported, while Tehran sounded a more pessimistic tone on the prospects of further negotiations Avalanche of Friday morning headlines speculating on Iran FM travel to Pakistan, and potential US delegating arriving too - Iranians will just engage Pakistan mediators in this visit. Third US aircraft carrier, the George HW Bush, has finally arrived in Mideast regional waters after taking the long way around...

Senate Passes The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia & Iran Act Of 2026 On Friday the Senate finally passed a bill imposing major new sanctions on Russia due to the grinding war which has been going since February 2022. The bill had bipartisan support, with a vote of 86 to 11, and now it will go to the House - where it is expected to be passed there too. After a year of negotiations and holdups based largely on prior White House pushback, the 'breakthrough' is largely the result of the...

President Donald Trump announced that the Board of Peace had received $5 billion in donations for Gaza aid and reconstruction. The President also repeated his demand that Hamas disarm.  Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday that the Board of Peace “will announce that Member States have pledged more than $5 BILLION DOLLARS toward the Gaza […]