X removes posts by Musk chatbot Grok after it praises Adolf Hitler

Social media posts on the X account of the Grok chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI were removed Tuesday after complaints from X users and the Anti-Defamation League that Grok produced con...

Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders to meet Thursday in Abu Dhabi on peace plan

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, their governments said, to work to finalize a peace agreement—after...

Netanyahu, Trump meet for second time as Israel keeps up Gaza bombing

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump focused on freeing hostages held in Gaza, as Israel continued to pound the Palestinian territory ami...

Russia attacks Ukraine with 700 drones after US vows to send more weapons

Russia targeted Ukraine with a record 728 drones overnight, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv and aimed unusually sharp criticism at Russian Pre...

Latest Red Sea attack on Greek ship kills four crew, wounds two

A drone and speedboat attack off Yemen killed four seafarers on a Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier, an official with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday, the second incident in a d...

Ukraine arrests Chinese father and son, accuse both of spying

Ukraine said Wednesday it detained a Chinese father and son, both suspected of spying on its prized Neptune anti-ship missile program; a key part of Kyiv's growing domestic arms industry—critical t...

Taiwan launches largest ever training exercise with simulated attacks against military command

Taiwan launched its largest ever military drills on Wednesday, starting with simulated attacks on its command systems and infrastructure ahead of a Chinese invasion, defense officials said. Tap for...

Blast hits military base in Somali capital, al-Shabab claims responsibility

An explosion hit a military base in the Somali capital on Wednesday and was followed by gunfire, a witness said, as the al Qaida-linked militant al-Shabab group claimed responsibility for what it d...

Canadian police charge four, including active service members, in alleged plot to seize land

Three of the men have been charged with facilitating a terrorist activity, accused of plotting to create an "anti-government militia," the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Tuesday. Tap for the...

Finland and Lithuania set to produce anti-personnel mines, officials say

Lithuania and Finland look set to start domestic production of anti-personnel landmines next year to supply themselves and Ukraine because of what they see as the military threat from Russia, offic...

US says it will send Ukraine more weapons

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States would send more weapons to Ukraine, primarily defensive ones, to help the war-torn country defend itself against intensifying Russian ad...

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women and girls

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Israeli military says it struck “key” Hamas figure in Lebanon's Tripoli

The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had struck "key" figure from Palestinian militant group Hamas near the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, the first targeted killing in the area for several ...

Nigeria insurgents, bandits kill more in first half of 2025 than in all of last year

More people were killed by bandits or insurgents in Nigeria in the first half of this year than in all of 2024, according to figures released on Tuesday by Nigeria's human rights agency. Tap for th...

Russia's FSB security service to get its own pre-trial detention centers, deputy says

Russia's Federal Security Service, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, will soon have the power to create a network of pre-trial detention centers under its own jurisdiction, according to a b...