Hamas hands over bodies of youngest Gaza hostages taken from Israel

Hamas handed over the bodies on Thursday of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack and among the mos...

Senior Justice Department ethics official resigns over sidelining by political appointees, source says

The U.S. Justice Department's senior ethics official resigned on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump's administration pulled him off his duties and assigned him to a new sanctuary cities working ...

Kremlin says any plan to send European troops to Ukraine would be unacceptable for Russia

The Kremlin said on Thursday that any plan to send European troops to Ukraine as part of a potential peacekeeping mission would be unacceptable for Russia and that it was monitoring such proposals ...

Brazil's ex-President Bolsonaro charged in alleged coup plot

Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro was charged on Tuesday with leading a plot to overthrow the government and undermine the country’s 40-year-old democracy after his 2022 election loss, complic...

South Korea court finds former officials guilty of forcible return of NKoreans

A South Korean court found four former government officials guilty on Wednesday of forcibly repatriating two North Korean fishermen in 2019, despite their intention to defect, in a case that provok...

Australia, Papua New Guinea begin talks on full defense treaty

Australia and Papua New Guinea said on Thursday they would begin talks on a full defense treaty between the two countries. Tap for the full brief.

Office overseeing Afghan resettlement in US told to start planning closure, sources say

The State Department office overseeing the resettlement of Afghans in the United States has been told to develop plans to close by April, according to a U.S. official, a leading advocate and two so...

Russia praises POTUS for saying NATO was a major cause of the war in Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lauded U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday for saying that previous U.S. support of Ukraine's bid to join the NATO military alliance was a major cause of...

“I can’t sell our country” Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says on US minerals deal

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday rejected U.S. demands for $500 billion in mineral wealth from Ukraine to repay Washington for wartime aid, saying the United States had supplied nowhere n...

Judge to weigh federal effort to drop NY mayor Eric Adams' case

A U.S. judge is set to consider on Wednesday a request by federal prosecutors to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams under orders from a Donald Trump political appointee - a c...

Pakistan kills 30 Islamist militants near Afghan border, army says

 Pakistan's army said on Tuesday it killed 30 Islamist militants in South Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan during an operation to clear the tribal district of the militants, who operate ...

Anxiety rises in DR Congo capital as M23 rebels advance in east

As Rwanda-backed rebels strolled through the streets of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's second-largest city, President Felix Tshisekedi's office claimed it was actually still controlled by h...

Austria arrested teenager over foiled plot to attack Vienna station

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Ex-Karabakh official held by Azerbaijan declares second hunger strike amid terrorism trial

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Denmark to boost defense spending by $7B

Denmark will increase its defense budget by a combined 50 billion crowns ($6.99 billion) this year and next to address acute military shortcomings, the Nordic country's prime minister said on Wedne...