Neutral Switzerland signs declaration to join European Sky Shield initiative

Switzerland has signed up to the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), the government said on Friday, a project which seeks to build a unified air and missile defense system across Europe. Tap for...

Britain joins France, Germany in development of “long-range” missiles

Britain will join a program of European nations to develop long-range missiles, Defence Secretary John Healey said on Thursday, aiming to plug a gap in military inventories that was exposed by Russ...

Netanyahu vows more war, dashing peace hopes after Hamas leader killed

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's promises to press on with Israel's wars in Gaza and Lebanon — dashing hopes Friday that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar would help stem escalating confl...

Hamas leader Sinwar is dead, Israel says

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that triggered the Gaza war, was killed on Thursday, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said. Tap for the full brief.

Israeli military says checking possibility that Hamas leader Sinwar has been eliminated

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EU's Borrell questions US giving Israel one month to improve Gaza situation

The EU's foreign policy chief on Thursday appeared to criticize the United States giving Israel one month to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, saying that during that time, too many peopl...

US to send Ukraine air defense munitions, armored vehicles in latest aid

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday about efforts to surge security assistance to Ukraine and announced a new $425 million military aid package, t...

Fire sparked by Israeli strike kills 11 in Gaza amid siege in north

Israeli airstrikes killed 11 Palestinians in Gaza City on Thursday, medics said, while Israeli forces sent tanks into Jabalia in the north, where Palestinians and United Nations officials expressed...

Prosecutors seek eight years for Dutch woman accused of keeping Yazidi slaves in Syria

Prosecutors in the Netherlands on Wednesday asked judges to convict a Dutch woman for joining Islamic State in Syria and keeping two Yazidi women as slaves and sentence her to eight years in prison...

China building capacity to rapidly strike Taiwan, senior Taiwanese official says

China is building its capacity to rapidly turn military drills into a full-out attack, a senior Taiwan security official said, providing the Taipei government's assessment of the strategic intent b...

Moldovan police say people trained in Russia for Moldovan protests

Moldovan police said on Thursday they had uncovered a scheme involving people being regularly sent to Russia for training in how to take part in protests and other civil unrest inside Moldova. Tap ...

Sweden to loosen budget rules to boost defense, infrastructure

Sweden plans to ease tight budget spending rules as it looks to boost spending in areas like infrastructure and defense, Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson said Thursday. Tap for the full brief.

US stealth bombers strike underground Houthi weapons sites in Yemen

The United States said it carried out strikes on Wednesday against five underground weapons storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, in a strike that used B-2 stealth bombers against...

US tells Israel to improve Gaza humanitarian situation or risk military aid

The United States has told Israel it must take steps in the next month to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza or face potential restrictions on U.S. military aid, U.S. officials said, in the...

US officials who resigned over Biden's Gaza policy form new PAC

Two U.S. officials who resigned last year in protest over President Joe Biden's policy on the Gaza war have launched a lobbying organization and a political action committee to advocate for a revam...