White House backs $7.4B arms sale to Israel, defying Congress

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration announced on Friday that it had approved military sales to Israel worth some $7.4 billion, despite a Democratic lawmakers' request that the sale be paus...

US judge blocks possible transfer of Venezuelan detainees to Guantanamo

A federal judge in New Mexico on Sunday granted a preemptive restraining order to block the U.S. government from sending three Venezuelan men detained in the state from being sent to a military bas...

US funding freeze threatens investigations of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine

The Trump administration's freeze of foreign funding has begun impacting an international effort to hold Russia responsible for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, according to eight sources and a Ukrai...

Air Force secretary nominee arranged satellite contract in way that favored Musk's SpaceX, sources say

President Donald Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored El...

Sudan to form new government after regaining Khartoum, say military sources

The formation of a new Sudanese government is expected to happen after the recapture of Khartoum is completed, military sources told Reuters on Sunday, a day after army head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ...

EU eyes tweak to fiscal rules to allow more defense spending

European Union governments are considering a wider definition of what is defense investment to allow for more government spending that would not trigger punitive EU action for excessive borrowing u...

India in talks with US to buy combat vehicles, seal fighter jet engine deal as Modi visits, sources say

India is in talks with the United States for the purchase and co-production of combat vehicles as well as finalising a fighter jet engine deal, people familiar with the matter said, as Prime Minist...

Afghans who worked with US should be exempt from freeze, veterans group says

A group representing U.S. veterans, service members and others is warning the Trump administration of severe impacts on U.S. security unless it exempts tens of thousands of Afghans – many at risk o...

Jordan’s King to warn POTUS Gaza relocation plan a recipe for radicalism

"This is existential. There is very strong public opposition, and it's not something Jordan can entertain. This is not an economic or a security issue for Jordan, it's an identity issue," said Marw...

Senate confirms Project 2025 author Vought as budget director

Vought, who also headed the Office of Management and Budget during Trump's first presidential term, raised concerns among members of both parties by criticizing a 1974 law preventing presidents fro...

US imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court

U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized economic and travel sanctions targeting people who work on International Criminal Court investigations of U.S. citizens or U.S. allies such as Israel, dra...

More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti to reinforce security mission

More than 100 Kenyan police arrived in Haiti's capital on Thursday to reinforce a security mission whose future has been in limbo, after the U.S. froze some funding before passing a waiver to unloc...

Lockheed Martin settles US allegations of defective pricing on F-35 contracts

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Rwanda accuses Congo of planning large attack

PHOTO CAPTION: Illustrative photo — Members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) stand guard against the M23 rebel group in Lubero, North Kivu province of the Democra...

US has set “red line” that Hezbollah not join Lebanese govt, envoy says

The United States has set a "red line" that Shi'ite armed group Hezbollah should not be a member of Lebanon's next government after itr military defeat by Israel last year, U.S deputy Middle East e...