White House pushed out US military health agency head, officials say

U.S. Army Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, the head of the military's health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army, was forced to retire on Friday, two sources told...

Russia working to keep military bases in post-Assad Syria

The future of the bases, which are integral to Russia's military reach in the Middle East and Africa, is in the hands of Syria's interim President Ahmed Sharaa. Tap for the full brief.

Romanian defense spending could reach 3% of GDP in 1-2 years, president says

Romania's defense spending could reach 3% of GDP in stages in one to two years, interim President Ilie Bolojan said Friday. Tap for the full brief.

Israeli fire kills two Palestinians in Gaza amid impasse over ceasefire

Israeli fire killed at least two people in Rafah and injured three others in Khan Younis in the south of Gaza, raising fears among Palestinians that the ceasefire could collapse altogether after Is...

China conducted naval drills that disrupted NZ-Australia air traffic without warning

China's ambassador to Australia said on Friday his country had no reason to apologize for the military drills it conducted in international waters between Australia and New Zealand that forced at l...

No gas leak found at Hackman home, cause of death under investigation

The sheriff's office applied for a search warrant on Wednesday evening, telling the judge the deaths were "suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation." Tap for the f...

Mattis, other former defense secretaries warn purge of top brass is reckless

Five former U.S. defense secretaries on Thursday condemned President Donald Trump's "reckless" firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other senior officers and called on Congress t...

Senators ask Air Force nominee to respond to allegations of favoring Musk's SpaceX

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday asked President Donald Trump's Air Force secretary nominee whether he unfairly favored Elon Musk in a classified, multibillion-dollar ...

SDF chief says PKK disarmament call “not related to us in Syria”

The commander of the Kurdish-led forces that control northeastern Syria said that a call by the leader of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey for the PKK to dissolve did not apply ...

Bosnian Serb region bars national authorities from territory in separatist move

Bosnia's autonomous Serb region passed legislation barring the national police and judiciary from its territory after a court banned its separatist leader Milorad Dodik from politics for six years ...

Suicide bombing at Pakistan Islamic seminary kills six, including Taliban-linked cleric

A suicide bomber killed six worshippers during Friday prayers at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan known as a historic training ground for the Afghan Taliban, police and a government spo...

Romania investigates mercenary linked to presidential candidate after guns and cash haul

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US judge halts White House calls for mass firings at federal agencies

A California federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ordering the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies to carry out the mass firings of thousands of recentl...

Israel lobbies US to keep Russian bases in a “weak” Syria, sources say

Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralized, including by letting Russia keep its military bases there — to counter Turkey's growing influence in the country, four sou...

Analysis: POTUS wants to deport foreign students involved in pro-Palestine protests

In January, President Trump signed executive orders targeting foreign students involved in pro-Palestinian campus protests, citing antisemitism, a move welcomed by Zionist groups. Tap for the full ...