Israel to raise military spending

Israel will raise defense spending by $12.5 billion in 2025 and 2026, the finance and defense ministries said Thursday. Tap for the full brief.

Syria's Sharaa vows to protect Druze rights as ceasefire holds

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa accused Israel of trying to fracture Syria and promised to protect its Druze minority on Thursday, after U.S. intervention helped end deadly fighting between governmen...

Israeli strike on Gaza Catholic church kills two, wounds several, Patriarchate says

An apparent Israeli strike on Gaza's sole Catholic Church killed two people and injured several, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said on Thursday. Tap for the full brief.

UK, Germany sign treaty to deepen defense, transport ties amid Russia tension

Britain and Germany signed a wide-ranging friendship treaty on Thursday, deepening ties in areas ranging from defense to transport, to mark Friedrich Merz's first trip to London as chancellor, the ...

Israel's attacks on Damascus hinder Assad chemical weapons search, Syrian official says

Israeli airstrikes on Damascus are hampering Syria's efforts to find and destroy chemical weapons stockpiled during the rule of toppled ruler Bashar al-Assad, a government adviser said on Thursday....

French court backs release of Lebanese militant jailed for US, Israeli diplomat murders

A French court on Thursday ruled in favor of releasing Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah from prison, after he served almost 40 years of a life sentence for attacks on U.S. and Israeli dip...

Kosovo tribunal reduces sentence for former KLA member

Appeals judges at the Kosovo tribunal in The Hague confirmed the conviction of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member Pjeter Shala for war crimes, but reduced his sentence to 13 years in prison...

ICC judges reject Israeli requests to stop Netanyahu arrest warrant, war crime probes

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected Israel's request to withdraw arrest warrants against its prime minister and former defense minister—while the ICC reviews Israeli challenge...

Analysis: Rise in al-Qaida attacks revives specter of West African caliphate

Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is moving from rural guerrilla tactics to a campaign aimed at controlling territory around urban centers and asserting political dominance in the Sahel, ...

Ethiopia arrests dozens of suspected Islamic State group militants, state media reports

Ethiopia has arrested dozens of suspected Islamic State group militants, who it claimed have been trained and deployed to carry out operations across the country, the state-affiliated Fana broadcas...

National Guard unit was “extensively” hacked by Chinese group in 2024, memo says

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US requests probe of Palestinian American's killing by Israeli settlers

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Tuesday he had asked Israel to "aggressively investigate" the killing of a Palestinian American who was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the oc...

US appeals court temporarily upholds protected status for Afghans

A U.S. appeals court has blocked for now a bid by President Donald Trump's administration to strip temporary protected status from thousands of Afghans in the United States, court documents showed,...

US considered charging Minnesota judges, lawyers in immigration crackdown, sources say

The U.S. Justice Department explored bringing criminal charges against Minnesota judges and defense lawyers who discussed requesting virtual court hearings to protect defendants from being arrested...

Israeli attacks against Palestinians intensify in occupied West Bank, says UN rights office

There has been an increase in killings of and attacks against Palestinians by settlers and security forces in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks, the United Nations human rights office said on ...