The head of US Central Command admits he’s worried about losing troops after Iran and Israel traded missile strikes No Americans were killed in a recent Iranian missile strike in northern Iraq, but the top US general in the Middle East said Friday he was concerned how long that will remain the case as Tehran…

The Syrian president traveled to the UAE for talks with country’s leaders on expanding bilateral relations Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stepped up an effort to thaw relations with Arab nations that opposed him during a war that devastated his country for 11 years, traveling to the United Arab Emirates for talks on improving ties…

Beijing says the aircraft carrier’s trip was routine and unrelated to Biden-Xi phone call Just hours before the scheduled phone call between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, China sailed its aircraft carrier Shandong through the Taiwan Strait. The Foreign Ministry in Beijing, however, says the two are unrelated and Western…