Gaza truce talks faltering over withdrawal; Israeli troops kill 17 more in latest aid site shooting

Progress is stalling at talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza, with the sides divided over the extent of Israeli forces' withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian and Israeli sourc...

Feds defend immigration tactics after California worker death

U.S. officials on Sunday defended the White House’s escalating campaign to deport undocumented immigrants in the U.S.—including a California farm raid that left one worker dead. Tap for the full br...

Senate panel approves $500M aid for Ukraine in defense bill

The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved $500 million in security assistance for Ukraine as part of its draft language for its Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which als...

Taiwan deploys US-made HIMARS rockets in annual drills

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Sweden eyes extending military officers' conscription age to 70

Sweden should raise former officers' upper conscription age limit to 70 from 47, a government-appointed review suggested on Monday, as part of the country's moves to strengthen its defense in the f...

France's Macron announces plan to accelerate military spending

President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced a plan to push forward France's defense spending, pledging to double the military budget by 2027—three years earlier than originally planned—in respons...

Australia fires first HIMARS rocket in joint drill with US

Australia's army fired a truck-mounted long range rocket system that has become a priority for U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific for the first time on Monday, alongside U.S. and Singapore forces firi...

Pakistan to create new paramilitary force ahead of more protests by Imran Khan's party

akistan said Monday it was creating a national paramilitary force, prompting concern among opposition parties and human rights groups that it could be used as a tool of political repression. Tap fo...

US citizen beaten to death by settlers in West Bank

U.S. citizen Sayafollah Musallet, 20, also known as Saif, died of injuries sustained from the incident in Sinjil, north of Ramallah, authorities said.  Tap for the full brief.

US appeals court rejects plea deal for accused September 11 attacks mastermind

A U.S. appeals court on Friday refused to allow Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks, and two of his co-defendants to plead guilty under agreements that...

Immigration raids on California cannabis nurseries spark protests

Federal agents conducted immigration enforcement raids on Thursday on state-licensed marijuana nurseries in an agricultural region of coastal Southern California, where they were confronted by prot...

UN reports 798 deaths near Gaza aid hubs in six weeks

The U.N. rights office said on Friday it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and near...

Russian attack on Kharkiv damages maternity hospital, sending patients fleeing

PHOTO CAPTION: A view shows a building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the downtown of Kharkiv, Ukraine July 11, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova   KHARKIV, Ukraine ...

South Korea, Japan, US conduct air drill as defense chiefs meet

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UN report sees no active Syrian state links to Al-Qaida

United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading Syria's interim government, an unpublished U.N. report said, a finding that co...