Sudan's RSF and allies sexually abused victims from 8-75 years old, UN mission says

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allies have committed "staggering" levels of sexual abuse, raping civilians as troops advance and abducting some women as sex slaves during the more than 18-m...

Around 40 killed in attack on Chad military base, presidency says

Around 40 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military base in Chad's Lake region over the weekend, the central African country's presidency said on Monday. Tap for the full brief.

Chechen leader vows revenge after drone attack

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov promised Tuesday to take revenge for a drone attack that caused a fire at a military training academy in his south Russian region. Tap for the full brief.

Croatia to buy German Leopard tanks, send Ukraine old vehicles

Croatia will buy up to 50 Leopard 2A8 tanks from Germany in order to be able to replace Soviet-era tanks that it will in turn send to Ukraine, Croatia's defense minister said after meeting with his...

Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new leader, Israel says he won't last long

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah named Naim Qassem as its new leader Tuesday — but Israel said his tenure would be "temporary.” Tap for the full brief.

Mexico's Sinaloa state reports 14 murders in one day amid wave of violence

Authorities in Mexico's Sinaloa state said Sunday that at least 14 people were killed the day before amid a wave of violence that erupted after drug trafficker Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada's arrest in ...

Sikh separatist claims Indian “spy network” operates in US and Canada

Canada and the U.S. must get tougher on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government for trying to silence dissidents on foreign soil, a controversial Sikh separatist who was the target of an a...

Palestinians say 100,000 residents trapped in Israel's north Gaza assault

Israeli tanks thrust deeper on Monday into two north Gaza towns and a historic refugee camp, trapping around 100,000 civilians, the Palestinian emergency service said, in what the military said wer...

Ghana slams Reuters report on jihadis finding refuge in its north

Ghana's government on Saturday rejected Reuters reporting on Islamist militants in Burkina Faso that found they are discreetly using neighboring Ghana's north as a logistical and medical base to su...

Russian state media says Moscow extracted a US citizen working for it out of Ukraine

Russian state media said on Monday that Moscow's forces fighting in Ukraine had successfully extracted a U.S. citizen from eastern Ukraine who had secretly helped them target Ukraine for at least t...

US missile agency scales back Guam defense plans

A proposed multibillion-dollar missile defense system for Guam has been reduced to 16 sites on the island from the original 22, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said in a draft environmental impact ...

Norway to buy US air-to-air missiles for over $360M

Norway has agreed with U.S. authorities to buy AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM air defense missiles for more than 4 billion Norwegian crowns ($362.91 million), the Norwegian military said on Monday. Tap for the ...

Philippines confident in US security policy continuity regardless of election

The Philippines is confident in the continuity of U.S. policies in the Asia-Pacific region after the U.S. presidential election and the two countries' ties will remain strong regardless of the outc...

Israel hit Iran former nuclear weapons test building and missile facilities, researchers say

An American researcher said an Israeli airstrike on Saturday hit a building that was part of Iran's defunct nuclear weapons development program, and he and another researcher said facilities used t...

Peacekeepers withdrew from watchtower in Lebanon’s Dhayra after taking Israeli fire

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon said on Friday that its peacekeepers withdrew from a watchtower in one of its posts near Dhayra town in south Lebanon on Tuesday after Israeli forces fired at it. Ta...