Britain to boost military reserves by raising maximum call-up age

Britain also said it would lower the threshold for which former personnel could be called upon to include "warlike preparations". Tap for the full brief.

US pressing Mexico to allow troops into country

The United States is intensifying pressure on Mexico to allow U.S. military forces to conduct joint operations to dismantle fentanyl labs inside the country, the New York Times reported on Thursday...

Trump threatens to use military over Minnesota anti-ICE protests

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces in Minnesota—after days of angry protests over a surge in immigration agents on the stree...

Trump says Iranian crackdown easing, Tehran denies man to be executed

U.S. President Donald Trump said he had been told that killings in Iran’s crackdown on protests were easing and that he believed there was no current plan for large-scale executions, adopting a wai...

Man shot in Minneapolis during federal immigration operation

A U.S. immigration officer shot and wounded a man allegedly fleeing a traffic stop in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the government said—escalating tension over a surge of federal agents in Minnesota's ...

Britain temporarily closes embassy in Tehran

"We have temporarily closed the British Embassy in Tehran, this will now operate remotely. Foreign Office travel advice has now been updated to reflect this consular change," a government spokesper...

US announces Palestinian body to administer Gaza

The 15-member Palestinian body launched on Wednesday will be headed by Ali Shaath, a former deputy minister in the Western-backed Palestinian Authority who had been in charge of developing industri...

Iran vows response if US strikes, Washington pulls some troops from bases

The United States is withdrawing some personnel from bases in the Middle East, a U.S. official said on Wednesday—after an Iranian official said Tehran had warned neighbors it would hit American bas...

Armed Kurdish groups sought to cross into Iran from Iraq

Armed Kurdish separatist groups sought to cross the border into Iran from Iraq, three sources said—in a sign of foreign entities potentially seeking to exploit instability after days of crackdown o...

FBI searches Washington Post journalist's home

The reporter, Hannah Natanson, has covered U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to fire hundreds of thousands of federal workers and shift remaining workers to implementing a his agenda. Tap for ...

At least 2,571 killed in Iran protests

The death toll from protests in Iran has reached 2,571, the U.S.-based HRANA rights group said on Wednesday—as the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers try to quash the biggest wave of dissent in yea...

US seeks to seize dozens more Venezuela-linked oil tankers

The U.S. government has filed for court warrants to seize dozens more tankers linked to the Venezuelan oil trade, four sources familiar with the matter said—as Washington consolidates control of oi...

US sends aid to Nigeria's military in security partnership

The United States has delivered military supplies to Nigeria to bolster the West African nation's operations, the U.S. military's Africa Command (AFRICOM) said Tuesday. Tap for the full brief.

Four migrants die in US custody during opening days of 2026

Four migrants died while in custody of U.S. immigration authorities over the first 10 days of 2026, according to government press releases—a loss of life that followed record detention deaths last ...

France launches recruitment campaign for new voluntary military service

The service is open to all young French citizens aged 18-25 eager "to play a part in the nation's capacity to resist in an uncertain environment," the chief of staff of the armed forces, General Fa...