Israel presses ground offensive in southern Gaza, air strikes intensify

Intense Israeli air strikes hit the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including in areas where Israel had told people to seek shelter, residents and jo...

Russia presses attacks on eastern Ukraine’s Avdiivka

Russian forces intensified attacks on Monday on the pulverized town of Avdiivka, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow's military presses its slow advance through eastern Ukraine. Tap for the full br...

Houthis may not be targeting US warships, Pentagon says

Waves of attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen may not be targeting U.S. warships, even though the U.S. Navy has responded by shooting down drone aircraft and missiles in recent weeks, t...

Niger revokes military accord with European Union, ministry says

Niger's ruling junta has revoked the country's military partnership with the European Union, the foreign ministry said on Monday, withdrawing its permission for an EU program set up to bolster the ...

Nepal urges Russia not to recruit its citizens into army, says six killed

Nepal said it has asked Moscow not to recruit its citizens into the Russian army and immediately send back any Nepali soldier commissioned there back to the Himalayan nation — after revealing six s...

Russia increases maximum size of armed forces by 170,000 servicemen

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to increase the maximum number of servicemen in the Russian armed forces by 170,000 people, the Kremlin and the Defense Ministry said Friday. Ta...

US charges ex-ambassador with spying for Cuba over decades

The United States on Monday charged a former ambassador to Bolivia with spying for Cuba for over 40 years, in what the Justice Department described as one of the highest-reaching and longest-lastin...

Venezuela rejects ICJ jurisdiction in Guyana dispute, clearing way for annexation

Voters in Venezuela rejected the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) jurisdiction over the country's territorial dispute with Guyana and backed the creation of a new state in the potential oil-r...

Israel orders more Gazans to flee, bombs areas where it sends them

Israel ordered people out of swathes of the main southern city in the Gaza Strip on Monday as it pressed its ground campaign deep into the south, sending residents fleeing as it dropped bombs on ar...

US strike in Iraq kills 5 militants preparing attack

A U.S. air strike killed five Iraqi militants near the northern city of Kirkuk as they prepared to launch explosive projectiles at U.S. forces in the country, three Iraqi security sources said, ide...

Remains of five crew found after US Osprey aircraft crashes off Japan, US Air Force says

The remains of five additional crew members were found after a U.S. military Osprey aircraft crashed off western Japan on Wednesday, U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command said on Monday. Tap fo...

Islamic State group claims responsibility for deadly Philippine bombing, manhunt underway

Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing at a Catholic Mass in the Philippines on Sunday that killed at least four people and wounded 50 others. Tap for the full brief.

Multiple commercial vessels attacked in Red Sea

Three commercial vessels came under attack in international waters in the southern Red Sea, the U.S. military said Sunday, as Yemen's Houthi group claimed drone and missile attacks on two Israeli v...

UK, Finland, Estonia practice subsea infrastructure protection in Baltic Sea

The navies of Britain, Finland and Estonia were practising subsea infrastructure protection in the Baltic Sea region on Monday together with the Finnish Border Guard, Finland's Defense Forces said ...

Deputy Russian army corps commander killed in Ukraine

Major General Vladimir Zavadsky, deputy commander of Russia's 14th Army Corps, has been killed in Ukraine, a top regional official said Monday. Tap for the full brief.