Israel still blocking most aid, making Gaza ”hungriest region on earth”, UN office says

Israel is blocking all but a trickle of humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said, with almost no ready-to-eat food ent...

Saudis warned Iran to reach nuclear deal with US or risk Israeli strike

Saudi Arabia's defense minister delivered a blunt message to Iranian officials in Tehran last month: take President Donald Trump's offer to negotiate a nuclear agreement seriously because it presen...

Pakistan, India close to completing border troop reduction, Pakistani general says

Pakistan and India are close to reducing the troop build up along their border to levels before the recent conflict, a top Pakistani military official said Friday, although he warned the crisis had...

White House aims to exceed first term's arms sales to Taiwan, officials say

The United States plans to ramp up weapons sales to Taipei to a level exceeding President Donald Trump's first term as part of an effort to deter China as it intensifies military pressure on the de...

White House ousts top ICE officials amid push to arrest more migrants

The Trump administration is removing two senior immigration enforcement officials as the White House is demanding a sharp increase in arrests of migrants in the U.S. illegally, three people familia...

US pushes Australia to spend more on defense

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked security ally Australia to increase defense spending in a meeting with Defense Minister Richard Marles on Friday in Singapore. Tap for the full brief.

NZ defense minister pledges more deployments, co-operation

New Zealand is seeking to expand Asia-Pacific military deployments in its quest to show it was now "pulling our weight" with increased spending on its armed forces, the South Pacific nation's defen...

Nigeria detains soldiers, police over weapons sales to armed groups

The Nigerian military has detained over two dozen soldiers and members of the police force over sales of weapons from military stockpiles to armed groups, including Islamist insurgents, a spokesper...

Elon Musk leaves US government

Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading a tumultuous efficiency drive, during which he upended several federal agencies but ultimately failed to deliver th...

Afghans who fled Taliban fear for future after US strips deportation protections

Afghan asylum-seeker Wazir Khan Zadran and his family arrived in Kentucky nearly four years ago as the U.S. military withdrew from his country. Now, he worries about the future of his children, esp...

Israel endorses 22 new West Bank settlements despite sanctions threat from allies

Israel's government has approved 22 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, its finance minister said on Thursday, a move that could deepen divisions with some allies who have threatened ...

Australia eyes more intel sharing, joint drills with US and Japan

Australia's Defense Minister Richard Marles will meet with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts at an Asian security forum in Singapore, the first trilateral talks since elections in Australia and th...

Erdogan says Kurdish SDF “stalling” despite integration deal with Damascus

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the Kurdish-dominated and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were using "stalling tactics" despite an agreement with the new Syrian government for the ...

Japan eyes purchasing military equipment from US

Japan is considering using the purchase of U.S. defense equipment as a bargaining chip in tariff talks, its top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said Thursday as he heads for a fourth round of the ...

South Korean navy patrol aircraft crashes, killing 4 crew

A South Korean maritime patrol aircraft crashed soon after takeoff near a military base in the southern city of Pohang on Thursday, killing all four crew members, the navy said. Tap for the full br...