Iran seized another oil tanker on May 3, making it the second seizure in under one week. The seizure is adding to concerns that Iran is threatening maritime traffic in the open seas of a pivotal strait where nearly one-fifth of all crude oil passes through. Surveillance video from the U.S. Navy shows about a…

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are on the rise after both sides seized oil tankers at sea. First the U.S. confiscated Iranian oil on a tanker said to have violated U.S. sanctions. But Iran doesn’t acknowledge the sanctions the U.S. has put on the country as a deterrent against the country’s nuclear program. As…

Congress is considering whether to reapprove Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that the intelligence community uses to collect information about terrorists, weapons proliferation, cyber-security threats and more. It’s a warrantless surveillance program that evidence shows has been misused and some lawmakers have said they won’t give their approval until they see reforms…

Russia’s depleted military is in desperate need of more equipment in the Ukraine War. The Russians have lost thousands of tanks and artillery units in the conflict, which has forced the army to resort to using outdated weaponry. Moscow has turned to nations like Iran and North Korea to buy military supplies. It also reached…

Like so many other issues facing Americans today, the debate over the origins of the COVID-19 virus has become partisan. Democrats tend to believe the virus started in a wet market in Wuhan, China while many Republicans believe it came from a lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Now there’s a Senate Republican…

According to the United Nations, more than 200,000 people have died during Yemen’s civil war and the country is suffering from an epic humanitarian crisis. But after eight years of the war between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and a Saudi-backed Yemeni government, a potential truce is being hammered out. On April 9, a delegation from Saudi…

The State Department officially determined Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is wrongfully detained by Russia. Gershkovich was arrested in March and accused of espionage by Russia’s Federal Security Bureau.  “Journalism is not a crime. We condemn the Kremlin’s continued repression of independent voices in Russia, and its ongoing war against the truth,” State Department…