US successfully conducts ballistic missile intercept test from Guam, Pentagon says

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Israel denies its forces have gone past Syria buffer zone

Israel denied on Tuesday that its forces had penetrated into Syrian territory beyond the buffer zone with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, after Syrian sources said the incursion had extended to...

Russia takes step toward recognizing Afghanistan's Taliban government

Russia moved a step closer towards recognizing the Taliban government of Afghanistan on Tuesday as parliament voted in favor of a law that would make it possible to remove the Taliban from Moscow's...

France begins military withdrawal from Chad, army says

France has started the withdrawal of its military from Chad with the departure of two warplanes that were based in the capital N'Djamena, the French army said, two weeks after Chad said it was endi...

Suspect in killing of UnitedHealth CEO charged with murder

New York prosecutors filed a murder charge against the suspect in the killing of a UnitedHealth executive, a shooting that set off a tense five-day manhunt that culminated in his capture in Pennsyl...

US seeks to engage with Syrian factions after Assad ousted

The Biden administration is seeking ways to engage with Syrian rebel groups who ousted President Bashar al-Assad and is reaching out to partners in the region such as Turkey to help kick start info...

US to work with partners in Syria to manage risk after Assad toppled, WH says

The United States will work with partners and stakeholders in Syria to help seize the opportunity that has presented itself after rebel fighters' stunning overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-As...

Zelenskiy seeks diplomatic end to Russia's war, floats role for foreign troops

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made the case on Monday for a diplomatic settlement to Russia's 33-month-old war in Ukraine and raised the idea of foreign troops being deployed in his country until i...

Turkish-backed rebels take north Syria town from US-backed SDF, Turkish source says

Turkey-backed Syrian opposition groups took control of the northern Syrian town of Manbij from U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces (SDF), a Turkish security source said on Monday, a day after rebels ...

US searching for journalist Austin Tice in Syria prisons, WH says

U.S. officials are communicating with people on the ground in Syria to seek information about Austin Tice, an American journalist captured more than 12 years ago in Syria, White House national secu...

UK could consider rescinding terrorist status of Syria's HTS, says minister

Britain could rethink its proscription of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a banned organization, after the group spearheaded the Syrian rebel alliance that helped oust President Bashar al-Assad, Brit...

Taiwan raises troop readiness as China deploys 90 ships

Taiwan raised its alert level on Monday, saying China had reserved airspace and deployed naval and coast guard vessels in what a security source called the first military drills across a broad swat...

EU must find billions for arms within a year, EU defense minister says

Europe needs to find ways within the next year to fund hundreds of billions of euros in extra military spending to defend against any attack from Russia by the end of the decade, the European Union...

Australia concludes $89M security and economic treaty with Nauru

Australia concluded an economic and security treaty with Nauru on Monday, pledging A$100 million ($64 million) in direct budget support over five years and A$40 million to boost security in the rem...

Lebanon's Hezbollah slams rebel victory as “major, dangerous” change in Syria

Lebanon's Hezbollah views events in Syria as a "major, dangerous and new transformation", a senior Hezbollah politician said on Monday, the Iran-backed group's first reaction to the toppling of its...