Israel rejects ceasefire calls, Lebanon strike angers Hezbollah

Israel on Sunday rebuffed growing international pressure for a ceasefire and said its forces had encircled Gaza City — as the top U.S. diplomat scrambled to contain a crisis that threatened to caus...

Trump testifies at NY fraud trial that estimates of his properties were inaccurate

Donald Trump on Monday said that financial estimates of many of his properties were inaccurate as he testified in a civil fraud trial in New York. Tap for the full brief.

US Supreme Court to decide legality of federal ban on “bump stocks”

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday trained its sights once again on gun rights, agreeing to decide the legality of a federal ban imposed under former President Donald Trump on "bump stock" devices th...

Chechen leader Kadyrov says ex-Wagner fighters are training with his special forces

A large group of Russia's former Wagner mercenaries has started training with special forces from the southern Russian region of Chechnya, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Monday. Tap for the ...

Ukraine replaces special forces commander, removed officer wonders why

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday appointed a new commander of its special forces, a unit known for conducting military operations in Russian-occupied territories — but the officer ...

Israel says its forces have fully encircled Gaza City

Israeli forces on Thursday encircled Gaza City, the military said — but the Palestinian militant group resisted their drive with hit-and-run attacks from underground tunnels. Tap for the full brief.

US House passes GOP’s $14.3B Israel-only aid bill, faces dead end in Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a Republican plan to provide $14.3 billion in aid to Israel and cut funding of the Internal Revenue Service, despite Democrats' insistence it ha...

US Senate approves three military promotions despite Republican's blockade

The U.S. Senate approved three high-level military promotions on Thursday, sidestepping one Republican senator's months-long blockade of hundreds of promotions. Tap for the full brief.

US intelligence thinks Wagner plans to send air defense system to Hezbollah, WSJ reports

The United States has intelligence that Russia's Wagner mercenary group plans to provide Hezbollah, the Iranian backed Lebanese militia, an air defense system, The Wall Street Journal reported, cit...

Ukrainian troops battle exhaustion as war drags into second winter

Istoryk, a 26-year-old soldier in eastern Ukraine, finally managed to fall asleep one morning, exhausted from the relentless battles against Russian forces in the pinewood forests near Kreminna. Ta...

Pressed by junta, UN pulls out of Mali as violence surges

Before United Nations peacekeepers hurriedly abandoned their base in Kidal in northern Mali on Tuesday, they made a costly call: with insurgents stationed nearby, they destroyed sensitive equipment...

Weakening yen forces Japan to shrink historic military spending plan

A collapse in the yen is forcing Japan to scale back a historic five-year, 43.5-trillion-yen defence build-up aimed at helping to deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, according to eight people famil...

US flying drones over Gaza in search of hostages, officials say

The United States has been flying surveillance drones over Gaza in search of hostages taken by Hamas when the Palestinian militant group attacked Israel on Oct. 7, two U.S. officials said Thursday....

Hamas fighters use tunnels to fight Israeli army advance on Gaza City

Israeli tanks and troops pressed towards Gaza City on Thursday but met fierce resistance from Hamas militants using mortars and hit-and-run attacks from tunnels as the Palestinian death toll from n...

Israeli strike on Gaza refugee camp kills at least 50, IDF says it killed Hamas commander

Israeli airstrikes hit a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday — killing at least 50 Palestinians and a Hamas commander, and medics struggled to treat the casualties, even setting up operating ...