Analysis: US allies distance themselves from Red Sea task force

U.S. President Joe Biden hoped to present a firm international response to Yemen's Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping by launching a new maritime force, but a week after its launch many allies don'...

Gaza war will go on for months, Israel's military chief says

Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza will likely go on for many months, the country's military chief said on Tuesday. Tap for the full brief.

Iran slams IAEA report on uranium enrichment, Iranian media reports

Iran's atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami on Wednesday said there was "nothing new" in an international nuclear watchdog report saying that Tehran had reversed a months-long slowdown in its uraniu...

Ukraine probes alleged prisoner of war execution by Russian forces

Ukraine has opened a war crimes investigation into the alleged execution by Russian forces of three Ukrainian prisoners of war, the general prosecutor's office said on Wednesday. Tap for the full b...

Sweden inches closer to NATO after vote in Turkish parliamentary commission

The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs commission approved Sweden's NATO membership bid on Tuesday in a key step towards enlarging the Western bloc after 19 months of delays in which Ankara deman...

Russia, India closer to joint military equipment production, says minister

Russia and India have made tangible progress in talks on plans to jointly produce military equipment, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday, after talks with his Indian counterpart ...

Pakistan deported Afghans waiting for US resettlement, sources say

Pakistan's deportation drive has forcibly repatriated scores of Afghans awaiting resettlement in the United States, an advocacy group and Afghan applicants say, adding that Pakistani authorities of...

President signs $886B US defense policy bill into law

President Joe Biden on Friday signed into law the U.S. defense policy bill that authorizes a record $886 billion in annual military spending and policies such as aid for Ukraine and push-back again...

US retaliates in Iraq after three troops wounded in attack

The U.S. military carried out retaliatory air strikes on Monday in Iraq after a one-way drone attack earlier in the day by Iran-aligned militants that left one U.S. service member in critical condi...

Hamas, Islamic Jihad reject Gaza govt overhaul for permanent ceasefire, Egyptian sources say

Hamas and the allied Islamic Jihad have rejected an Egyptian proposal that they relinquish power in the Gaza Strip in return for a permanent ceasefire, two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on...

Turkey retaliates at home, abroad after 12 troops killed in Iraq

Turkey said on Monday its air force "neutralized" 26 Kurdish militants in strikes in Syria and northern Iraq in response to the killing of soldiers at the weekend, while authorities also detained d...

Ukraine draft law proposes lowering mobilization age to 25 from 27

Text of a draft law posted on the website of Ukraine's parliament late on Monday proposed lowering the age of those who can be mobilized for combat duty to 25 from 27. Tap for the full brief.

Ukraine claims to down three Russian fighter-bomber jets

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and military officials said the country's forces shot down three Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber aircraft on Friday on the southern front, hailing it as a succe...

US dual citizen taken hostage dies in Gaza, Israeli forum says

A U.S. dual national who was among some 240 people seized during the Oct 7 cross-border rampage by Hamas in southern Israel has died in captivity in the Gaza Strip, a group representing hostages' f...

Ukraine considers proposal by army to mobilize another 500,000 for war

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Tuesday the military had proposed mobilizing 450,000-500,000 more Ukrainians into the armed forces in what would mark a dramatic step up of Kyiv's war w...