US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson arrives in SKorea port amid North tension

The U.S. aircraft carrier Carl Vinson arrived at a port in the South Korean city of Busan on Tuesday, in a show of extended deterrence against North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, South Kore...

Netanyahu summons Israeli war cabinet as signs of a hostage deal grow

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned his war cabinet on Tuesday amid growing signs of an imminent deal on the release of hostages who were taken by Hamas militants to the Gaza Strip m...

Another US service member suffers “minor” wounds during attacks in Iraq, Syria

One more U.S. service member suffered minor injuries on Friday during the latest wave of attacks against American forces in Syria and Iraq, two U.S. officials said, speaking on condition of anonymi...

Israel-Hamas hostage deal edges closer despite Gaza combat

Hamas gunmen battled Israeli forces trying to push into Gaza's largest refugee camp on Sunday, but despite the fighting U.S. and Israeli officials said a deal to free some of the hostages held in t...

US State Dept OKs potential sale of 400 Tomahawk missiles to Japan, Pentagon says

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of 400 Tomahawk missiles and related equipment to Japan in a deal valued at $2.35 billion, the Pentagon said on Friday. Tap for the full br...

Japanese troops train on island seen as vulnerable to China

Japanese marines in amphibious assault vehicles stormed an island beach at the edge of the East China Sea on Sunday in a simulated attack to dislodge invaders from territory that Tokyo worries is v...

Germany arrests suspected antisemite who threatened killings, police say

German police have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of planning violence endangering the state after he threatened to kill people in online posts and posted right-wing extremist and antisem...

Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah says attacks aim to “drain” US, sanctions “ridiculous”

Iraq's Kataeb Hezbollah (KH) militia, an armed faction with ties to Iran, brushed off U.S. sanctions on the group over attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria — saying on Saturday the strikes...

Ukraine secures several bridgeheads into occupied Kherson region, military says

Ukrainian troops have pushed Russian soldiers out of positions on the eastern bank of the River Dnipro in the occupied Kherson region and established several bridgeheads, Kyiv's military said on Fr...

US Navy ship shoots down drone from Yemen, officials say

A U.S. Navy warship shot down a drone in the Red Sea that emanated from Yemen, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday, in what appeared to be only the second time the United States has brough...

Surgeon flees Gaza City's last functioning hospital after anesthetics run out

With Al Ahli hospital shaking from Israeli tank fire and no more anaesthetics left to operate, British-Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sitta told his team it was time to leave the last fully functi...

With drones and dawn assault, Myanmar's Chin rebels open new front

In the pre-dawn darkness on Monday, a 22-year-old Myanmar rebel fighter approached a hill-top military camp in remote Chin State with dozens of comrades for an assault that opened up another front ...

Federal jury convicts man in hammer attack on Pelosi's husband

A federal jury on Thursday convicted a right-wing conspiracy theorist of a hammer attack on the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, prosecutors said. Tap for the full brief.

US Rep. George Santos faces expulsion after botox, sexual content report

Embattled U.S. Representative George Santos faced a fresh effort to expel him from Congress on Friday, the day after fellow lawmakers released a report that suggested federal prosecutors should bri...

TikTok to prohibit videos promoting bin Laden's “Letter to America”

TikTok will prohibit content that promotes Osama bin Laden's 2002 letter detailing the former al-Qaida leader's justifications for attacks against Americans, the short-form video app said Thursday....