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Trump sanctions on the International Criminal Court illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Superfluous International Criminal Court a challenge to U.S. and Israel sovereignty

By Jed Babbin

Houthi rebel fighters march during a rally of support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and against the U.S. strikes on Yemen outside Sanaa on Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Iran criticizes Trump’s redesignation of the Houthis as a terror group

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Houthi fighters march during a rally of support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and against the U.S. strikes on Yemen outside Sanaa on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo)

Trump puts Yemen’s Houthis back on foreign terrorist list

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

FILE - The U.S. embassy is pictured in Havana, Cuba, Aug. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

U.S. finds no link between ‘Havana syndrome’ and foreign power, but 2 spy agencies say it’s possible

By David Klepper - Associated Press

A man works next to a destroyed home after rockets struck in Katzrin, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. Lebanon's Hezbollah has launched more than 50 rockets, hitting a number of private homes in the area.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel vows retaliation as Iran launches new salvo of missiles

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, as the capital was captured by Taliban forces. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

House GOP highlights administration failings in report on botched Afghanistan withdrawal

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, center, top U.S. commander for the Middle East, makes an unannounced visit in Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 31, 2020. (AP Photos/Lolita Baldor, File)

House Republicans release report blaming Biden for disastrous end to U.S. war in Afghanistan

By Farnoush Amiri and Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

Avril Haines, director of National Intelligence, speaks during the open portion of a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

NSA document reveals Russians had microwave weapon suspected in attacks

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

This Dec. 29, 2019, aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

A rocket attack at an Iraqi military base injures U.S. personnel, officials tell AP

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

This Feb 23, 2019, photo shows the inside of a computer. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

Former CIA leader urges U.S. to prepare for inevitable cyberattacks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A transport plane carrying people flown out of Afghanistan lands at Ramstein Air Base, in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP) **FILE**

Military officials raise security levels at U.S. bases in Europe over possible terror attacks

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on March 23, 2024, firefighters work in the burned concert hall after an attack on the building of the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia. A little-known U.S. intelligence principle called the "duty to warn" came into play ahead of the deadly attack on Moscow's outskirts. U.S. officials invoked that duty when warning Russian officials a full two weeks before Friday's attack. Just three days before the attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed such Western warnings as provocations. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)

‘Duty to warn’ guided U.S. advance warning of the Moscow attack. Adversaries don’t always listen

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

A Hezbollah supporter holds up a picture that shows portraits of slain Iran's Quds force General Qassem Soleimani, top, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, during a ceremony to mark the fourth anniversary of Soleimani assassination, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

U.S. military strikes Iran-backed Iraqi militias after attack that wounded American troops

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against the U.S. and the U.K. strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo)

Biden designates Houthis as terrorist organization, shifting from 2021 decision

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this image provided on Friday Jan. 12, 2024 by the UK Ministry of Defence an RAF Typhoon aircraft returns to base at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, after striking targets in Yemen. The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen late on Thursday Jan. 11, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. (Sgt Lee Goddard, UK Ministry of Defence via AP)

Lawmakers, fellow Democrats slam Biden for not consulting with Congress ahead of Yemen strikes

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, taken from the bridge of HMS Diamond, Sea Viper missiles are fired in the Red Sea. U.S. and British militaries are bombing more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship-launched Tomahawk missiles.(U.K. Ministry of Defence via AP)

U.S., Britain strike Iranian-backed Houthi sites in Yemen

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in the hospital in Khan Younis, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates | Both sides say close on deal for cease-fire that would free some hostages

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 31, 2023. The U.S. launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria linked to Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in the region for the past several weeks, the Pentagon said.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

U.S. conducts airstrikes in Syria against Iran-backed groups

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of students in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Khamenei called on Muslim nations to stop exporting food and oil to Israel over its airstrikes and military offensive in the Gaza Strip. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP) **FILE**

‘Expect Americans in body bags’: Middle East on the brink as U.S., Iran spiral toward war

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A pair of U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle flies over northern Iraq, after conducting airstrikes in Syria on Sept. 23, 2014. (Associated Press)

U.S. fighter jets hit Iran-backed militias in Syria again

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times