Philippines and Britain discuss troop agreement amid China tension

Britain has formally expressed its intention to discuss a Visiting Forces Agreement with the Philippines, Manila's Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said on Tuesday, as Manila deepens its secu...

Syria ramping up security deal talks with Israel

Under U.S. pressure, Syria is accelerating talks with Israel for a security pact that Damascus hopes will reverse Israel's recent seizures of its land but that would fall far short of a full peace ...

Luigi Mangione wins dismissal of terrorism counts over killing US health insurance executive

A New York state judge dismissed on Tuesday two criminal counts against Luigi Mangione over the December 2024 killing of health insurance executive Brian Thompson, though the 27-year-old remains ch...

Robert Redford, screen idol turned director and activist, dies at 89

Actor, director and producer Robert Redford has died at the age of 89, The New York Times reported, citing his publicist. Tap for the full brief.

At least 40 fuel trucks burned in JNIM attack on convoy in Mali, sources say

At least 40 fuel tankers were destroyed in Mali on Sunday when JNIM insurgents, who had declared a blockade on fuel imports to the country, attacked a convoy of more than 100 vehicles under militar...

UK summons Russian ambassador over repeated NATO airspace violations

Poland shot down Russian drones last Wednesday in the first known action of its kind by a member of the Western military alliance during Russia's war in Ukraine. Days later, Romania scrambled jets ...

US officials hold talks in Kabul over Americans held by Taliban

Adam Boehler, the Trump administration’s special hostage envoy, and Zalmay Khalilzad, a former U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan, met the Taliban’s foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi. Tap for the...

US F-35s arrive in Puerto Rico amid Venezuela tension

Five U.S. F-35 aircraft were seen landing in Puerto Rico on Saturday after President Donald Trump last week ordered 10 of the stealth fighters to join a military buildup in the Caribbean to counter...

Cluster munitions inflicted over 1,200 civilian casualties in Ukraine war, monitor says

Cluster munitions have caused more than 1,200 civilian casualties in Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, a campaign group said on Monday. Tap for the full brief.

Students killed at Myanmar boarding school as junta escalates air war

A Myanmar military airstrike on a school last week killed at least 19 students, an ethnic militia said, as the war-torn nation's ruling junta steps up a campaign to retake territory ahead of a plan...

UK drops case against two men accused of spying for China

British prosecutors said on Monday they were dropping charges of spying for China against two men, including a former researcher for a senior British lawmaker, saying there was not enough evidence ...

US will have access to Western Australia nuclear submarine shipyard, minister says

The United States will be able to use planned defense facilities in Western Australia that are to help deliver nuclear-powered submarines under the trilateral AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, Australi...

British soldier stands trial over 1972 Bloody Sunday killings

The trial of the sole British soldier charged with murder over the 1972 "Bloody Sunday" killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland began on Monday, over half a centur...

US military officers visit Belarus to observe war games with Russia

U.S. military officers observed joint war games between Russia and Belarus on Monday—and were told by Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin that they could look at "whatever is of interest for...

19 Pakistani soldiers killed in firefights with Pakistani Taliban

Islamabad alleges that the Pakistani Taliban is being harbored by the Afghan Taliban with the support of India—a source of tension with Kabul and New Delhi, which both deny the charge. Tap for the ...