Mitch McConnell to end 17-year tenure as top US Senate Republican

U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell's said Wednesday he would step down from his leadership role, leaving a power vacuum atop the party he has piloted for nearly 17 years — more than any ...

US cautions after Hawaii neighbor Kiribati gets Chinese police

The United States on Monday cautioned Pacific Islands nations against assistance from Chinese security forces after Reuters reported that Chinese police are working in the remote atoll nation of Ki...

Supreme Court considers legality of “bump stocks”

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday began considering the legality of a federal ban on "bump stock" devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire more rapidly — in a case targeting another fire...

Gaza's warring enemies cautious over truce talks after Biden says deal nearing

Israel and Hamas as well as Qatari mediators all sounded notes of caution on Tuesday about progress towards a truce in Gaza, after U.S. President Joe Biden said he believed a ceasefire could be rea...

NATO-member Denmark to appoint new army chief after incumbent steps down

The chief of Denmark's army, Major General Gunner Arpe Nielsen, has resigned ahead of a revamp of the NATO-member's military brought on by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Danish armed forces s...

Putin vows to boost Russia’s ability to deploy special forces

President Vladimir Putin promised late on Monday to increase the mobility and striking potential of Russia's special operations forces, saying this is a key priority to make the country's army stro...

US spacecraft and Russian satellite to pass dangerously near each other, NASA says

The U.S. Department of Defense is monitoring a close pass between NASA's Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics Mission (TIMED) spacecraft and the Russian Cosmos 2221 satellite,...

Europeans rule out sending troops to Ukraine as Russia rebukes Macron

Germany, Britain and other European countries said on Tuesday they had no plans to send ground troops to Ukraine, after France hinted at the possibility, and the Kremlin warned that any such move w...

UN says Israeli forces stalled evacuation convoy, forced paramedics to strip

The United Nations humanitarian office (OCHA) said on Tuesday the Israeli military had stalled a medical evacuation convoy in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, detaining a paramedic and for...

Ukraine withdraws from two villages near Avdiivka, military says

Ukraine has withdrawn from the villages of Sievierne and Stepove near the eastern town of Avdiika, recently captured by Russian forces, military spokesperson Dmytro Lykhoviy said on Tuesday. Tap fo...

News: Denmark ends probe into “deliberate” Nord Stream pipeline blasts

Denmark has dropped its investigation into the explosions in 2022 on the Nord Stream pipelines carrying Russian gas to Germany, police said on Monday, becoming the second nation to do so after Swed...

Benin offers 2,000 troops to Haiti force, US ambassador says

Benin has offered 2,000 troops to support a planned Kenyan-led international force to help Haitian national police fight armed gangs, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield t...

Sweden's NATO accession ends era of go-it-alone security

Sweden's final hurdle to joining NATO was swept away on Monday after hold-out Hungary's ratification, ending 200 years during which Stockholm's military self-reliance helped it build a global brand...

US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy

A U.S. military service member who had set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington over the weekend, in an apparent act of protest against the war in Gaza, has died, local police ...

Two Mississippi National Guardsmen dead in military helicopter crash

Two Mississippi National Guardsmen died after a U.S. military attack helicopter crashed on Friday during a training flight in Mississippi, Governor Tate Reeves said. Tap for the full brief.