Turkey may conduct new operations in Iraq, Syria if “needed”, official says

Turkey might conduct more cross-border operations into Iraq and Syria if needed following the deaths of nine Turkish soldiers in northern Iraq last week, a Turkish defense ministry official said Th...

US strategy on Yemen aims to weaken, not destroy, Houthis

U.S. President Joe Biden's emerging strategy on Yemen aims to weaken the Houthi militants but stops well short of trying to defeat the group or directly address Iran, the Houthi's main sponsor, rai...

Israel carries out strikes on Hezbollah in south Lebanon

Israel unleashed an intense barrage of air strikes on a valley in south Lebanon, Lebanese security sources and the Israeli military said, after a rare Israeli acknowledgment of a special forces ope...

Fighting intensifies in Ukraine's east as Russia steps up offensive action

Ukrainian artillery forces fighting near the Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut say Russian troops are constantly making offensive assaults as fighting intensifies and Kyiv waits for more military ai...

US relists Houthis as terrorists in response to Red Sea attacks

The Biden administration on Wednesday returned the Yemen-based Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups, U.S. officials said, in the latest attempt by Washington to stem attacks on international...

Russia and Niger to develop military ties, Moscow says

Russia and Niger, under military rule since a coup last year, have agreed to develop military cooperation, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. Tap for the full brief.

Iraqi Kurdish PM says Iran attacking civilians, accusations of Israeli “spy HQ” are baseless

Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Tuesday accused Iran of killing innocent civilians in its strikes on the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. Tap for the full brief.

NATO needs “warfighting transformation”, top military official says

A top NATO military official called on public and private actors in the West on Wednesday to prepare for an era in which anything could happen at any time, including fighting a war. Tap for the ful...

Israel kills nine Palestinians in West Bank air strikes, medics say

Israeli air strikes killed nine Palestinians in two areas of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, medics said, and the Israeli military described at least five of the dead as militants suspected of...

Turkey strikes Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria

Turkey said it had destroyed 23 targets in overnight air strikes on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and Syria, a further escalation of conflict south of its border. Tap for the full brief.

Woman, two children drown at US border as Texas, White House feud

A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande as they tried to the enter the U.S. from Mexico on Friday night after Texas military officers prevented federal border officials from aiding them,...

Entrepreneur Ramaswamy drops out of White House race, endorses Trump

Vivek Ramaswamy, a multi-millionaire former biotech executive, ended his White House bid on Monday and endorsed Donald Trump after his longshot bid caught attention but failed to catapult him high ...

Palestinian says Israeli soldiers used him as human shield in West Bank

A Palestinian shop owner said Israeli troops used him as a human shield to protect themselves during a raid on the town of Dura in the occupied West Bank. Tap for the full brief.

US military to send helicopters to Japan's earthquake-hit peninsula

The United States will deploy two military helicopters in Japan to the earthquake-hit Noto peninsula on the country's west coast to aid relief efforts in communities cut off by the disaster, the U....

Rwanda says it killed Congolese soldier, detained two more

Rwanda said on Tuesday it had killed a soldier from Democratic Republic of Congo and captured two others on its territory in the latest friction on their border. Tap for the full brief.