Ukrainian forces hold about half of Toretsk, trying to beat back Russian advance, local official says

Ukrainian forces control around half of the strategic city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine as they attempt to stave off assaults by Russian troops, the city's local authorities said on Friday. Tap fo...

Germany will send more weapons to Israel soon, Scholz says

Germany will supply more weapons to Israel soon, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, after a significant drop in deliveries this year prompted opposition accusations that Berlin deliberately d...

Chechnya's Kadyrov accuses members of Russian parliament of plotting his murder, TASS says

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has accused Russian lawmakers from neighboring regions of attempting to commission his assassination, and threatened them with a "blood feud" unless they prove otherwi...

Japanese atomic bomb survivors' group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, in a warning to countries who have nuclear wea...

Ukraine's parliament approves wartime tax hikes

Ukraine’s parliament approved wartime tax increases Thursday to shore up its finances — as war with Russia drags on. Tap for the full brief.

US helping Americans get out of Lebanon ahead of potential new Israeli strikes, White House says

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Israeli airstrike kills 28 people sheltering in Gaza school

An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza killed at least 28 people including women and children on Thursday, while three hospitals in the north were told to evac...

Ukraine says it hit airfield in Russia's North Caucasus, 280 miles behind front line

The Ukrainian military said on Thursday it had struck an ammunition depot overnight at an airfield in Russia's Adygeya region in the North Caucasus, about 450 km (280 miles) from the frontline in e...

Gulf states must not allow use of airspace against Iran, Iranian official says

Tehran has told Gulf Arab states it would be "unacceptable" if they allowed use of their airspace or military bases against Iran and warned that any such move would draw a response, a senior Irania...

NATO to start annual nuclear drill Monday, Rutte says

NATO will begin its annual nuclear exercise on Monday, alliance Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Thursday, against a backdrop of heightened nuclear rhetoric from Russian President Vladimir Puti...

Pro-Kremlin activists say they're barred from entering Germany

Two pro-Russian activists said that German authorities have barred them from re-entering the country where they had been operating when a Reuters investigation last year revealed their ties to the ...

FBI returns Monet pastel to owners' heirs 84 years after Nazi theft

In 1940, the Nazis seized a Claude Monet pastel and seven other works of art from Adalbert "Bela" and Hilda Parlagi, a Jewish couple forced to flee their Vienna home after Austria was annexed into ...

Norway raises terrorism alert level amid Middle East conflict

Norway has raised its terrorism threat assessment to the second-highest level due to an increased risk of attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets, the national police directorate said on Tuesday...

Hurricane Milton exits Florida without setting off feared flooding

urricane Milton marched across Florida on Thursday, whipping up tornadoes, destroying homes and knocking out power to millions before blowing out into the Atlantic. Tap for the full brief.

Israeli forces fire at UN peacekeeper positions in south Lebanon, peacekeepers say

Israeli forces fired on a position used by U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon on Wednesday and two more on Thursday, the U.N. force said — as Israel warned Lebanese civilians not to return to homes in th...