26,422 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct. 7, says Gaza health ministry

Medical facilities are at risk of collapse in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza city now at the focus of Israel's offensive, the Gaza Health Ministry warned on Sunday, as fighting raged across the Pal...

Anti-Muslim incidents jump in US amid Israel-Gaza war

Complaints of anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian discrimination and hate in the U.S. rose by about 180% in the three months after Oct. 7 following Hamas' attack on Israel and Israel's subsequent assa...

Pakistan, Iran to expand security cooperation, move on from missile strikes

Pakistan and Iran on Monday said they respected each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity and would expand security cooperation, bidding to mend ties after tit-for-tat missile strikes at w...

Ukraine says it uncovers fraud in weapons procurement

Ukraine's SBU security service said on Saturday it had uncovered a corruption scheme in the purchase of arms by the country's military totaling the equivalent of about $40 million. Tap for the full...

Philippine troops kill nine Islamist militants, including two linked to Catholic Mass bombing

Government troops killed nine members of a pro-Islamic State group in the southern Philippines, the military said on Saturday, including two suspects in a deadly blast at a Catholic Mass last month...

Factbox: What is Iran’s “Axis of Resistance”, which groups are involved?

Groups backed by Iran have been waging attacks on Israeli and U.S. targets since war erupted between its Palestinian ally Hamas and Israel on Oct. 7, a campaign that has regionalized the Gaza confl...

World Court stops short of Gaza ceasefire order, says Israel must prevent genocide

he World Court ordered Israel on Friday to prevent acts of genocide against the Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire as requested by South A...

Canada to re-start Turkey arms exports after Sweden NATO backing, sources say

Canada and Turkey have reached a deal to restart Canadian exports of drone parts in exchange for more transparency on where they are used, and it would take effect after Ankara completes its ratifi...

China presses Iran to rein in Houthi attacks in Red Sea, sources say

Chinese officials have asked their Iranian counterparts to help rein in attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthis, or risk harming business relations with Beijing, four Iranian sou...

Ukraine calls for international probe into downing of Russian military plane

Ukraine will do everything possible to secure an international investigation into the downing of a Russian military transport plane, the country's ombudsman said on Thursday, a day after Moscow acc...

Russian troops deploy to Burkina Faso

A contingent of Russian military personnel flew into Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in what appeared to be the first significant deployment of Russian troops to the West African co...

“Masters of the Air” star Austin Butler hails World War II pilots as show debuts

The World War II series "Masters of the Air" makes its streaming debut on Apple TV+ on Friday. Tap for the full brief.

Israel denies attack on UN refuge in Gaza that drew rebuke from Washington

The United Nations said on Wednesday that Israeli tanks struck a huge U.N. compound in Gaza sheltering displaced Palestinians, causing "mass casualties", but Israel denied its forces were responsib...

Iraq, US to set up talks on troop pullout, future of coalition

Baghdad and Washington have agreed to set up a committee to start talks on the future of the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq with the aim of setting a timetable for a phased withdrawal of troop...

NATO begins largest military drill since Cold War

The U.S. Navy dock landing ship Gunston Hall left port on Wednesday to mark the first movement for the largest NATO exercise since the Cold War, officials said. Tap for the full brief.