China launches military drills around Taiwan, calls its president a “parasite”

PHOTO CAPTION: Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong is seen in this screenshot taken from a video released by the Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) on April 1, 2025. Ea...

US Army withholds report on key helicopter safety system use, senators say

The U.S. Army has refused to turn over a 2024 report detailing why it has routinely failed to use a safety system known as ADS-B on helicopter flights around Reagan Washington National Airport, Rep...

Finland to exit landmines treaty, hike defense spending given Russia threat, PM says

NATO member Finland plans to quit a global convention banning anti-personnel landmines and boost defense spending to at least 3% of GDP by 2029 in response to the evolving military threat from Russ...

Spain vows to meet 2% defense spending goal “well before” 2029, no new deadline

Spain will increase its defense spending to 2% of gross domestic product "well before" an original target date of 2029, but it is not setting any specific new deadlines, Defense Minister Margarita ...

Poland charges man with spying for Russia

Prosecutors in Poland have charged a Russian-born Ukrainian man with participating in activities linked to Russian intelligence, they said Tuesday. Tap for the full brief.

Russia says it cannot accept US proposals on Ukraine

Russia cannot accept U.S. proposals to end the war in Ukraine in their current form because they do not address problems Moscow regards as having caused the conflict, a Russian diplomat said — sugg...

US threatens bombing if Iran does not make nuclear deal

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Sunday with bombing and secondary tariffs if Tehran did not come to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear program. Tap for the full brief.

Greenland's prime minister says the US will not get the island

The United States will not get Greenland, Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Sunday in a post on Facebook in response to Donald Trump's statements he wants to take control of the vast Arc...

Bodies of eight Red Crescent medics recovered in Gaza, one still missing

The bodies of eight Palestine Red Crescent medics who came under fire in Gaza just over a week ago have been recovered, though a ninth worker is still unaccounted for, the Red Cross said. Tap for t...

US judge halts deportation of Turkish student at Tufts University

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday temporarily barred the deportation of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who voiced support for Palestinians in Israel's war in Gaza and was ...

US Naval Academy ends race consideration in admissions

In a policy reversal in line with President Donald Trump's views, the U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race as a factor in admissions as the elite military school had long done to raise i...

Myanmar military still bombing towns despite earthquake crisis, rebels say

An armed resistance movement against Myanmar's military-run government criticized the junta on Sunday for conducting airstrikes on villages even as the country reels from an earthquake that has kil...

China conducts military patrol in South China Sea, warns Philippines

China's military said it had conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on Friday, the day U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington's commitment to Manila, which disputes some of Be...

French nationalist Le Pen convicted of graft, barred from running for president in 2027

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was banned from running for public office for five years after being convicted on Monday of embezzlement, a political watershed that ruled her out of the 2027 ...

Moldova expels diplomats after accusing Russia of helping MP escape jail term

Moldova expelled three Russian diplomats on Monday after it accused Russia's embassy of engineering the escape of a pro-Kremlin lawmaker to prevent him being jailed in a case over illegal political...