US won't restart UNRWA aid until investigation completed, officials say

The Biden administration plans to wait for an internal investigation of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees to conclude before resuming aid to the organization, U.S. officials told A...

Ukraine replaces lead “Iron General” as war grinds on

Ukrainian armed forces commander General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, who was replaced on Thursday, became a national hero for repelling Moscow's invading forces two years ago but suffered battlefield setbac...

Israeli army “peeling back” Khan Younis, believes Hamas Gaza chief is there

Israeli forces are "peeling back" Hamas infrastructure in Khan Younis, more than two months after entering the Gaza Strip's main southern city, and believe the Palestinian faction's Gaza chief is h...

Northern Ireland’s new nationalist leader attends union police graduation in historic first

Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill attended a police graduation ceremony on Friday in a first for her Sinn Fein party, which has in the past been cool in its support for the force est...

UN envoy in Iraq to step down at end of May, says country “on a knife edge”

The head of the United Nations political mission in Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, told the Security Council on Tuesday she expected to step down at the end of May, adding the country was "on a ...

US conducts more strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen

The U.S. Central Command forces on Thursday conducted seven "self-defense" strikes against four Houthi unmanned surface vessels and seven mobile anti-ship cruise missiles that were prepared to be l...

Factbox: Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine's new army chief

Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, who has led Ukraine's ground forces since 2019, was promoted to commander of the armed forces on Thursday as the war with Russia nears its third year — He replace...

Five US Marines confirmed dead in helicopter crash near San Diego

Five U.S. Marines were confirmed dead after their helicopter crashed in a remote area outside of San Diego while on a training flight during a fierce winter storm, the U.S. Marines Corps said on Th...

Kataib Hezbollah commander killed in Baghdad in US strike

A commander from Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that the Pentagon has blamed for attacking its troops, was killed in a U.S. strike on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.

Israeli forces intensify strikes on Rafah in southern Gaza

Israeli forces bombed areas in the southern border city of Rafah on Thursday where more than half of Gaza's population is sheltering, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a propos...

Brazil police seizing Bolsonaro passport, arresting close aides

Brazil's federal police on Thursday sought to confiscate former President Jair Bolsonaro's passport and arrest some of his closest aides, sources said, as part of an investigation into an alleged c...

Ukrainian bill intended to draft more soldiers passes first reading

Tighter army mobilization rules targeting would-be Ukrainian soldiers and proposing asset freezes for those who are trying to dodge the draft came a step closer on Wednesday when parliament passed ...

Iraq says US strikes push government to end mission of US-led coalition

Repeated U.S. strikes on Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq are pushing the Baghdad government to end the mission of the U.S.-led coalition in the country, the prime minister's military spokesperson ...

Hamas proposes three-stage ceasefire over 135 days, leading to end of war

Hamas has proposed a ceasefire plan that would quiet the guns in Gaza for four-and-a-half months leading to an end to the war, in response to a proposal sent last week by Qatari and Egyptian mediat...

Kremlin confirms Putin gave interview to ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson

President Vladimir Putin granted an interview to U.S. television host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday, the Kremlin said, his first to an American journalist since before Russia's invasion of Ukraine near...