US military says 200 Marines being sent to support ICE in Florida

The U.S. military said Thursday it will send 200 Marines to Florida to provide administrative and logistical support to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Tap for the full brief.

Russia becomes first country to recognize Taliban as government of Afghanistan

Russia said Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan—making it the first nation to recognize the Taliban as the country’s government. Tap for the full brief.

Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill wins congressional approval

President Donald Trump's tax-cut package cleared its final hurdle in the U.S. Congress on Thursday, as the Republican-controlled House of Representatives narrowly approved the massive bill and sent...

Israeli strikes kill scores more in Gaza as Hamas seeks ceasefire guarantees

Hamas is seeking guarantees that a new U.S. ceasefire proposal for Gaza would lead to the war's end, a source close to the militant group said on Thursday, as medics said Israeli strikes across the...

Ukraine struggles to contain Russian summer advances as US stalls aid, analysts say

Russia has made incursions near two towns key to army supply routes in eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official said on Wednesday, as Moscow seeks a breakthrough in a summer offensive at a ti...

DOJ announces arrest, indictments in North Korean IT worker scheme

PHOTO CAPTION: Illustrative photo — FBI agents are seen in a photo posted to X/Twitter on May 7, 2025 by the FBI’s Miami field office   By AJ Vicens The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI on Monday...

Chinese military conducts combat readiness patrol around disputed Scarborough Shoal

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Jailed Russian dissidents publish open letter to world leaders

Tap to read the text of a joint letter from 11 jailed Russian dissidents.

China denies military base ambitions in Pacific Islands

China's embassy in Fiji denied on Thursday that Beijing wanted a military base or sphere of influence in the Pacific Islands, after Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said islands were trying to...

Azerbaijan demands punishment for death of brothers in Russian police custody

Azerbaijan demanded on Wednesday that Russia punish those responsible for the deaths of two Azerbaijani men in police custody, refusing to back down in a growing diplomatic dispute. Tap for the ful...

China aircraft carrier “Shandong” draws crowds in first Hong Kong visit

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, sailed into Hong Kong waters on Thursday in its first visit to the Asian financial hub, accompanied by three People's Liberation Arm...

Deputy head of Russian Navy killed by Ukraine in Kursk, official says

Major General Mikhail Gudkov, the deputy head of the Russian Navy who also led a brigade fighting Ukraine, has been killed in Russia's Kursk region, a Russian official said Thursday. Tap for the fu...

US charges two Chinese nationals with attempting to recruit US service members

U.S. prosecutors have charged two Chinese nationals with acting as agents of China's security service, accusing them of gathering intelligence about U.S. Navy bases and trying to identify Navy memb...

Rwanda exercises command and control over M23 rebels, say UN observers

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Hamas orders Gaza clan leader to surrender, accuses him of treason

The Hamas-run interior ministry in Gaza on Wednesday ordered the leader of an armed Bedouin clan defying the group's control of the Palestinian enclave to surrender and face trial, accusing him of ...