Pentagon asked for military options to access Panama Canal, officials say

The U.S. military must work to provide options to ensure the United States has full access to the Panama Canal, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday. Tap for the full brief.

Mark Carney to be sworn in as Canadian prime minister, now must face POTUS

Ex-central banker Mark Carney will be formally sworn in as prime minister of Canada on Friday, putting him in a position to fight tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump that could devastate the t...

Kurdish-led Syrian group rejects Islamist authorities' new constitution framework

The Kurdish-led group which governs northeast Syria on Friday rejected a constitutional declaration issued by the new Islamist leadership in Damascus and called for it to be rewritten. Tap for the ...

Armenia and Azerbaijan agree treaty terms to end almost 40 years of conflict

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Congo president considers sitting down with M23 rebels

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has long ruled out dialogue with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels rampaging through eastern parts of his country, but a string of defeats and wan...

Ethiopia and Eritrea on path to war, Tigray officials warn

Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, officials said — risking another humanitarian disaster in the Horn of Africa. Tap for the full brief.

Death toll in Pakistan's train hijacking rises to 31, army says

Pakistan's military spokesman said Friday the death toll in a train hijacking in the country's southwestern mountains had risen to 31 and he repeated accusations that neighboring India and Afghanis...

US Senate Democrats to clear way for stopgap bill and avert shutdown

Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said Thursday he would vote to advance a stopgap funding bill — signaling his party would provide the votes to avert a government shutdown. Tap for the full b...

POTUS tells NATO chief the US needs Greenland

President Donald Trump told NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Thursday that U.S. control of Greenland is necessary to enhance international security — escalating his campaign to annex the strate...

POTUS threatens more tariffs as EU, Canada retaliate for those already in place

Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to escalate a global trade war with further tariffs on European Union goods, as major U.S. trading partners said they would retaliate for trade barriers already...

Russia says its forces will soon retake all of Kursk

Russia said Thursday its troops would soon clear out Ukrainian forces from Russia's Kursk region — where they have held a pocket of territory for over seven months. Tap for the full brief.

US measles cases rise to 256 as outbreak spreads

An outbreak in Texas and New Mexico, which has caused the first U.S. measles deaths in a decade, this week expanded to 256 infections. Tap for the full brief.

US Army Corps of Engineers offers buyouts to some civilian staff

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday began notifying 1,068 employees, representing about 3% of its civilian workforce, of their eligibility for the Trump administration's buyout program fo...

Iran's Khamenei rejects idea of nuclear talks with US

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday rejected the idea of holding negotiations with the United States over a nuclear deal, as a letter arrived from U.S. President Donald Trump ...

Israel carries out air strike on edge of Syrian capital

Israel carried out an air strike on the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, targeting what the military said was a command centre belonging to the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad, used to...