Day: January 3, 2024

US intelligence confirms Hamas used Al-Shifa hospital as command center

12:10 pm January 3, 2024

U.S. intelligence agencies confirmed that Hamas and another Gaza terrorist organization were using al-Shifa Hospital as a command center, according to newly declassified material. The U.S. intelligence indicates that the hospital was made a legitimate target thanks to the maze of tunnels and rooms constructed beneath it for terrorist use, the New York Times reported. […]

Armed drone shot down over Erbil airport in northern Iraq, where US forces are stationed

12:08 pm January 3, 2024

Iraqi forces shot down an armed drone on Tuesday over the Erbil airport in northern Iraq, where U.S. and other international forces are stationed, according to a report. The Kurdistan Counter Terrorism, an Iraqi semi-autonomous regional security agency, said an “illegal militia” launched an armed drone against the Erbil airport that was shot down at […]

Russia fires hypersonic ballistic missiles at Ukraine’s 2 largest cities, leaving 4 dead, nearly 100 injured

12:06 pm January 3, 2024

Russia launched hypersonic ballistic missiles at Ukraine’s two largest cities on Tuesday morning, leaving at least four people dead and almost 100 injured, officials said. The attack comes as Moscow’s war is approaching its two-year milestone. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on the social media platform X that four civilians were killed after hypersonic Kinzhal […]

Moral ‘failures’ of academic leaders wouldn’t have seen accountability if not for Congress: Stefanik

11:00 am January 3, 2024

House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., responded Tuesday to Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation, telling Fox News the “failure of leadership” by Gay and now-former University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill would not have been met with accountability if not for Congress. Stefanik’s stern questioning last month of Magill, Gay and Massachusetts Institute of […]

Social media erupts as Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns: ‘Should’ve been fired weeks ago’

11:00 am January 3, 2024

Harvard president Claudine Gay resigned after weeks of controversy about alleged plagiarism and enabling antisemitism on campus. Gay made national headlines and faced widespread condemnation for offering vague answers at a hearing where she was repeatedly asked about whether calls for genocide against Jewish people on campus qualifies as a violation of Harvard’s rules against […]