Vote to avert US government shutdown first test for new House speaker

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson faces a key test on Tuesday, as he tries to circumvent opposition by hardliners in his own Republican conference and rely on support from Democrats to pass his plan ...

Palestinians dig mass grave inside Israeli-encircled Gaza hospital, no plan to rescue babies

Palestinians trapped inside Gaza's biggest hospital were digging a mass grave Tuesday to bury patients who died under Israeli encirclement — and said no plan was in place to evacuate babies despite...

A century later, US Army overturns convictions of 110 Black soldiers

The U.S. Army on Monday set aside the court-martial convictions from a century ago of 110 African American soldiers, including 19 who were executed, saying they were denied fair trials in a landmar...

Myanmar rebels battling junta seek to control India border

Anti-junta fighters in Myanmar's Chin state are trying to gain control of part of the porous border with India, after taking over two military outposts on the mountainous frontier, a rebel commande...

Romania opens F-16 training hub for Ukraine, NATO allies

Red is a Romanian fighter pilot with hundreds of flight hours and countless air policing missions on the NATO state's now retired fleet of MIG21 LanceR jets who will be flying Lockheed Martin F-16 ...

US troops in Syria attacked four times in less than 24 hours, US official says

U.S. and international forces in northeastern Syria were attacked with drones and rockets at least four times in the past 24 hours, though there were no casualties and only minor damage, a U.S. mil...

Five US troops killed in helicopter crash in Mediterranean

Five U.S. special operations troops were killed on Friday when their helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea during a training mission, U.S. officials said Sunday. Tap for the full brief.

Ukrainian officer coordinated Nord Stream attack, Washington Post reports

A Ukrainian military officer coordinated last year's attack on the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline, the Washington Post reported Saturday — citing anonymous sources in Ukraine and Europe. Tap for ...

Israeli tanks at gates of main Gaza hospital, patients trapped in “circle of death”

Israeli forces reached the gates of Gaza City's main hospital on Monday, the primary target in their battle to seize control of the northern half of the Gaza Strip — where medics said patients incl...

US carries out air strikes in Syria against Iran-linked facilities

The United States carried out two air strikes in Syria against Iran and its aligned groups on Sunday, the Pentagon said, in the latest response to a series of attacks against American forces in Syr...

Russian state news outlets recant reports of troops “regrouping” in southern Ukraine

Two Russian state news agencies published alerts on Monday saying Moscow was moving troops to "more favorable positions" east of the Dnipro River in Ukraine — only to withdraw the information minut...

US Air Force's new B-21 Raider "flying wing" bomber takes first flight

The U.S. Air Force's B-21 "Raider" bomber shaped like a flying wing took its first flight on Friday, the next step in rolling out a new fleet of long-range nuclear-capable stealth bombers built by ...

US hints at more strikes unless Iran-linked groups stop attacking

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday left open the possibility of more strikes against Iran-linked groups if attacks against American forces in Iraq and Syria don't stop — hours after over...

Drone, explosive attacks target US forces across Iraq

U.S. forces were targeted in three attacks in Iraq on Thursday but suffered no casualties, a U.S. military official and security sources said, in the most widespread single day of strikes on U.S. a...

Study finds increased cancer rates from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Cancer and mortality studies conducted by a U.S. health agency have found elevated cancer rates in military and civilian personnel who lived and worked at Camp Lejeune, a major American military ba...