Dan Whitcomb

Jun 18, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Eric Beech |Dan Whitcomb

Two key Democrats in the US Congress have agreed to support a major arms sale to Israel that includes 50F-15 fighter jets worth more than $18 billion, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing three unnamed officials. Representative Gregory Meeks and Senator Ben Cardin have signed off on the deal under heavy pressure from the Biden administration after the two lawmakers had for months held up the sale, the Post reported.

Jun 11, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Dan Whitcomb

President Joe Biden's administration will lift its ban on allowing a controversial Ukrainian military unit to use US weapons, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing state department officials. The department reversed a decade-old prohibition on the Azov Brigade from using American training and weapons after a new analysis found no evidence of human rights violations by the unit, the newspaper reported.

Jun 7, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Dan Whitcomb

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will "present the truth" about the war against Hamas in Gaza when he addresses the US Congress on July 24 during a visit to Washington, Republican leaders said on Thursday. Netanyahu will speak to a joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement.

May 17, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Dan Whitcomb

17 May 2024 - 10:09 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin listens as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Combatant Commanders in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, US, May 15, 2024.

May 14, 2024 | thewest.com.au | Dan Whitcomb

The wing of former US president Donald Trump's plane, a Boeing 757, hit a corporate jet while taxiing at West Palm Beach International Airport in Florida at the weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement on Tuesday that a privately owned 757 contacted a parked and unoccupied corporate jet on Sunday. The FAA statement did not identify the plane as belonging to Trump.