Israel says Hezbollah’s Safieddine, Nasrallah replacement, is probably dead

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said it appeared the replacement for slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had been "eliminated". Tap for the full brief.

Israel marks Oct. 7 anniversary amid escalating war

Israelis on Monday marked the first anniversary of the devastating Hamas attack that triggered a war which has sparked protest worldwide and risks igniting a far wider conflict in the Middle East. ...

Iran's Quds Force leader “in good health,” deputy commander says amid absence since strikes

The top commander of Iran's Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, is in "good health", the force's deputy commander Iraj Masjedi said on Monday, after two Iranian security sources told Reuters he had been out ...

Britain withdraws family members of embassy staff from Israel

Britain has withdrawn the families of its embassy staff working in Israel due to the escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and the risk of a wider regional conflict. Tap for the full ...

Employee at Russian-controlled nuclear plant killed by Ukraine in car bomb attack

An employee at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was killed on Friday morning in a car bomb attack that Ukrainian military intelligence said had punished a...

Russia sentences two more Americans to seven years each

A Russian court on Monday sentenced 72-year-old American citizen Stephen James Hubbard to six years and 10 months in prison after convicting him in a closed-door trial of serving as a mercenary for...

Mexican mayor assassinated days after taking office

The mayor of the capital of Mexico's violence-plagued state of Guerrero was killed on Sunday less than a week after he took office, the state's governor confirmed. Tap for the full brief.

Polish armed forces chief says country needs to boost its army

Poland will need a much larger army, something that could be hard to achieve given its aging population, if it is to defend itself from what seems to be a war this generation will inevitably face, ...

Philippines launches naval drills with allies amid regional tension

The armed forces of the Philippines, the United States and four other countries began joint naval exercises off the coast of the Philippines' northern Luzon island facing Taiwan in a display of nav...

Freed Russian arms dealer Bout back in arms trade, WSJ reports

Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer who was jailed in the United States and then swapped two years ago for the U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, is back in international arms trade, the Wall S...

Supreme Court rejects Martin Shkreli's penalty appeal in drug price hike case

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear former pharmaceutical company CEO Martin Shkreli's challenge to a $64.6 million financial penalty imposed by a judge — after he raised a lifesaving dr...

Biden says he does not believe there will be “all-out war” in Middle East

President Joe Biden said on Thursday he did not believe there is going to be an "all-out war" in the Middle East, a region that has been on edge amid Israel's assaults in Gaza and Lebanon and escal...

1,000 troops deployed as Biden, Harris view Helene damage

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia on Wednesday to see first hand the devastation wrought in the U.S. Southeast by Hurricane Hel...

UN peacekeepers in Lebanon stay put, despite Israel asking them to move

United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon remain in place - despite Israel asking them to move - and provide the only communications link between the countries' militaries, the U.N. peacekeep...

Former Memphis officers found guilty of lesser charges in beating death of Tyre Nichols

A federal jury in Tennessee on Thursday convicted three former Memphis police officers of witness tampering stemming from the beating death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols, but cleared them of the m...