Second ship seized in Baltic Sea cable damage investigation

Norwegian police said on Friday they had seized and boarded a Norwegian ship with an all-Russian crew on suspicion of involvement in causing damage to a telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, the second...

US airstrike in Syria kills senior operative of al-Qaeda affiliate, military says

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More than 60 dead after jet hits helicopter, crashes into Washington river

Scores of people were feared dead after an American Airlines regional passenger jet carrying 64 people collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near...

US to prepare facility at Guantanamo for 30,000 migrants

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will order the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a migrant detention facility at Guantanamo Bay for as many as 30,000 migr...

Israel delays prisoner release after disturbance at hostage handover

Hamas handed over three Israelis and five Thai hostages in Gaza on Thursday, but Israel delayed the expected release of Palestinian prisoners after chaotic scenes at one of the handover points, whe...

Kennedy returns to Senate as dems accuse him of lying about vaccine, abortion record

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, President Donald Trump's pick to run the top U.S. health agency, heads to the Senate Health committee on Thursday after being grilled by Democrats on a different committee ove...

Intel nominee Gabbard to be questioned on Russia, Syria at confirmation hearing

Former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's choice to be Director of National Intelligence, will face tough questioning on Russia, Syria and surveillance at what is expected ...

EU NATO members ready to raise defense spending past 2% of GDP, EUCO president says

The 23 EU members who also belong to NATO are likely to agree to raise the defense spending target above the current 2% of national output at a June summit of the alliance that will set a new level...

Congo says it will seek to recover lost territory as Rwanda-backed rebels advance south

As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who seized the city of Goma extended their advance on Wednesday, and Congo sa...

NATO seeks drones that can survive the Arctic

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Gaza checkpoint to be manned by armed American contractors

A U.S. security firm is hiring nearly 100 U.S. special operations veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, according to a company spokesperson and a recruitment emai...

Former US Senator Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison in gold bar bribery case

Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison over his 2024 conviction — for taking bribes including gold bars in exchange for favors for Egypt and New Jersey busin...

Foreign Mercenaries leave Congo

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter an offensive by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in the east have surrendered — and were on their way home We...

At least 14 killed in Syria in attacks by Turkish-backed forces, says Kurdish militia

At least 14 civilians were killed and 29 wounded in attacks by Turkish-backed forces in northern Syria on Monday and Tuesday, the U.S.-backed Kurdish militia group said. Tap for the full brief.

ICE to use US military base in Colorado to detain migrants

The U.S. military said on Tuesday it will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain migrants at Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado, further widening the Pentagon's role in President Don...