Trump NATSEC officials accidentally shared Top Secret war plans with Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic

In a statement, National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said that “the message thread that was reported appears to be authentic, and we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to...

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 21 people, health authorities say

Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 21 Palestinians, local health authorities said on Monday, as Israeli forces operated in Rafah near the border with Egypt, escalating a...

Serbia deputy prime minister says Russian spies help put down protests

Serbia's deputy prime minister said Friday Russia's spy services had helped the Belgrade authorities respond to months of anti-government protests, remarks which critics said revealed that the gove...

Six police personnel killed in Kenya by suspected al-Shabab fighters

At least six police personnel were killed in Kenya while four were injured in an attack on a police camp by suspected Islamist militants in Garissa county in the country's east on the border with S...

EU agrees five-year deadline to boost defenses against Russia, says Polish PM

European Union leaders are now in agreement that the EU must be fully capable of defending itself against a Russian attack by 2030, despite earlier resistance to the deadline from some countries, P...

Pakistan army says it killed 16 Islamist militants on Afghan border

Pakistan's army has killed 16 Islamist militants along the country's western border with Afghanistan, a statement said on Sunday. Tap for the full brief.

US and Philippines launch joint army drills with 5,000 soldiers

Soldiers from the Philippine and the U.S. armies began three weeks of joint military exercises on Monday, with drills focused on territorial defense and commanding large-scale deployments of forces...

Netherlands wants to double army personnel, NOS reports

The Netherlands wants to increase its army personnel from 74,000 to 200,000, with a special focus on enlarging the reservist capacity, Dutch public broadcaster NOS said, citing sources close to the...

Australia to speed up $1B in defense spending in budget, says defense minister

Australia will bring forward A$1 billion in defense spending in Tuesday's federal budget to boost its military capability, including guided weapons manufacture, an AUKUS submarine base and a frigat...

Israel's security cabinet approves “normalization” for 13 West Bank settlements

Israel's security cabinet approved a plan to separate 13 Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank from their neighboring communities, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Sunday. Tap ...

POTUS awards Boeing much-needed win with F-47 fighter jet contract

U.S. President Donald Trump awarded Boeing on Friday the contract to build the U.S. Air Force's most sophisticated fighter jet yet, dubbed the F-47, handing the company a much-needed win. Tap for t...

Judge stops Musk's team from “unbridled access” to Social Security private data

A federal judge said on Thursday the Social Security Administration likely violated privacy laws by giving tech billionaire Elon Musk's aides "unbridled access" to the data of millions of Americans...

At least 91 killed in Gaza as Israel abandons ceasefire, orders evacuation

At least 91 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday after Israel resumed bombing and ground operations, the enclave's health ministry said, effectively dit...

European military powers work on 5-to-10-year plan to replace US in NATO, FT reports

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Taliban releases American citizen after talks with US

The Taliban on Thursday freed an American citizen detained in Afghanistan for over two years following direct talks between U.S. hostage envoy Adam Boehler and Taliban officials in Kabul, a source ...