US House report finds Matt Gaetz paid for sex with underage girl and drugs, media reports say

The U.S. House Ethics Committee has found that former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for drugs and sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, U.S. media repo...

US conducts precision airstrikes against Houthi targets in Sanaa

The U.S. military said it conducted precision airstrikes on Saturday against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen's capital, Sanaa....

Trump picks defense investor billionaire Stephen Feinberg for deputy defense secretary

Feinberg is the co-chief executive of Cerberus Capital Management LP, a private equity firm that has invested in defense contractors. Tap for the full brief.

Myanmar rebels say they have taken junta's western regional command

A rebel army in Myanmar said it had captured a major military headquarters in the country's west, marking the fall of the junta's second regional command as it faces mounting setbacks against a nat...

Ukraine says Russian forces executed five POWs

Russian forces executed five Ukrainian prisoners of war, Ukraine's Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, said on Sunday. Tap for the full brief.

South Korea detects signs of North Korea preparing more troops, drones for Russia

South Korea's military said on Monday that it has detected signs of North Korea preparing to send more troops and weapons, including suicide drones, to Russia to support its war against Ukraine. Ta...

UN extends peacekeeping mission between Syria, Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

The United Nations Security Council on Friday extended a long-running peacekeeping mission between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for six months and expressed concern that military ac...

Former US Marine pilot who worked in China to be extradited to US, says Australia government

Australia's Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said on Monday he had approved a United States extradition request for former U.S. Marines pilot Daniel Duggan, who faces charges including breaking U.S. a...

Suspect in UnitedHealth CEO killing pleads not guilty to murder, terrorism charges

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street, pleaded not guilty on Monday to New York state murder charges that brand h...

US fighter shot down in “apparent case of friendly fire” over Red Sea

The U.S. military said it mistakenly shot down one of its own fighter aircraft over the Red Sea early on Sunday, forcing both pilots to eject. Tap for the full brief.

US held “very productive” first meeting with Syria's al-Sharaa, bounty rescinded

U.S. diplomats visiting Damascus on Friday met with Syria's de-facto new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa and held a "good" and "very productive" meeting with him about Syria's political transition — and deci...

Trump-backed spending deal fails in House, shutdown approaches

A spending bill backed by Donald Trump failed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as dozens of Republicans defied the president-elect, leaving Congress with no clear plan to avert a go...

US officials in Damascus to meet new Syrian rulers, State Department says

Top U.S. diplomats were expected to hold Washington's first in-person official meetings with Syria's new de facto rulers led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Damascus on Friday, hoping to gauge how the f...

Pakistan's missile program is an “emerging threat”, US official says

A senior White House official on Thursday said nuclear-armed Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities that eventually could allow it to strike targets well beyond South Asia...

Drone talk has people pointing lasers at aircraft over New Jersey, US says

Reported sightings of drones over New Jersey have prompted a spike in the number of people in the state pointing lasers at airplanes flying overhead, which is illegal and can be dangerous, the U.S....