Over 40 killed in east Congo after crackdown on anti-UN protest

Over 40 people were killed and 56 wounded in an army crackdown on violent anti-United Nations demonstrations in eastern Congolese city of Goma on Wednesday, the government said. Tap for the full br...

US approves military aid to Taiwan under program used for sovereign states

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration approved a military transfer to Taiwan under the Foreign Military Financing, or FMF — a program used for sovereign states, according to a notification sent...

African Union suspends Gabon's membership after military coup

The African Union on Thursday suspended Gabon's membership one day after military officers ousted President Ali Bongo — the first regional response to the eighth coup in West and Central Africa sin...

Judge sentences ex-Proud Boys leaders to 17 and 15-year terms for US Capitol attack

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced former Proud Boys leaders Joseph Biggs to 17 years in prison and his co-defendant Zachary Rehl to 15 years — after a jury convicted them of seditious conspirac...

Japan makes record defense spending request amid China tension

Japan's defense ministry made a record spending request Thursday of 7.7 trillion yen ($52.67 billion), for fiscal 2024 — the latest step of a plan to boost defense spending by 43 trillion yen over ...

Wagner’s Utkin, right-hand man to Prigozhin, buried outside Moscow

The co-founder and military commander of the Russian Wagner mercenary group was buried near Moscow on Thursday — after dying in a plane crash that also killed his boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. Tap for th...

US charges man with helping smuggle microelectronics with military uses to Russia

A Russian-German national has been criminally charged in Manhattan with violating U.S. export controls over an alleged scheme to provide Russia with U.S.-sourced microelectronics that can be used b...

Late Wagner boss Prigozhin spoke about his security in newly surfaced video

A video has surfaced online of Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin purporting to show him in Africa days before his death — addressing speculation about his wellbeing and possible threats to h...

US military in talks to develop port in Philippines facing Taiwan

The U.S. military is in talks to develop a civilian port in the northernmost islands of the Philippines, the local governor and two other officials told Reuters. Tap for the full brief.

US health officials look to move marijuana to lower-risk drug category

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recommended easing restrictions on marijuana, a department spokesperson said Wednesday — following a review request from the Biden Adminis...

Ukrainian drones strike six Russian regions, destroy planes at airfield

Ukrainian air defences shot down all 28 Russian missiles and 15 out of 16 drones launched overnight, General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces, said on Wednesday. Tap ...

Hurricane Idalia grinds into Georgia after slamming Florida

Hurricane Idalia plowed into Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday with fierce winds, torrential rains and pounding surf before weakening but turning its fury on southeastern Georgia, where floodwaters...

Ex-British intelligence worker admits attempted murder of US NSA employee

A former British intelligence worker has pleaded guilty in a London court to the attempted murder of a U.S. National Security Agency employee, police and the Crown Prosecution Service said Wednesda...

Gabon army officers say they have seized power after election

A group of military officers in Gabon said they seized power Wednesday — minutes after the Central African state's election body announced that President Ali Bongo had won a third term. Tap for the...

US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces battle tribal unrest in eastern Syria

U.S. backed Syrian Democratic Forces led by Kurdish forces poured reinforcements in Syria's eastern Deir al Zor province Wednesday — to quell unrest by rebellious Arab tribal clans who rose up in a...