Australia, Japan, Philippines, US to conduct maritime cooperative activity

The U.S. Navy said on Wednesday that Australia, Japan and Philippine defense forces will work together with the U.S. to conduct maritime activity within the Philippines exclusive economic zone on F...

US military to fly migrants to Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday for first time

The first U.S. military aircraft carrying detained migrants to Guantanamo Bay is expected to depart on Tuesday, U.S. officials said, as President Donald Trump's administration prepares to potential...

US readies new $1B arms sale to Israel, WSJ reports

Tap for the full brief.

US military flight deporting migrants to India, official says

A U.S. military plane is deporting migrants to India, a U.S. official said on Monday, the farthest destination of the Trump administration's military transport flights for migrants. Tap for the ful...

US forms “task force” to battle anti-Semitism, focusing on schools and campuses

The U.S. Justice Department said it formed a multi-agency task force on Monday to fight antisemitism in schools and universities, while the Education Department announced it was investigating five ...

EU leaders agree to step up defense efforts

European Union leaders agreed on Monday to do more to bolster their defenses against Russia and other threats by hiking spending and filling gaps in their military capabilities. Tap for the full br...

US arms shipments to Kyiv briefly paused before resuming over weekend, sources say

U.S. shipments of weapons into Ukraine were briefly paused in recent days before resuming over the weekend as the Trump administration debated its policy towards Kyiv, according to four people brie...

Uganda sends 1,000 more soldiers to east Congo near M23 conflict, sources say

Uganda has deployed more than 1,000 extra soldiers into east Congo in the last week near an area where the Kinshasa government is fighting M23 rebels, four diplomatic and U.N. sources said, heighte...

Two Israeli soldiers, one shooter killed in West Bank firefight

Two Israeli soldiers were killed and eight wounded when a gunman opened fire on troops in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, setting off a gunfight in which the shooter was killed by Israeli soldie...

Philippines, US hold joint air patrol over South China Sea

The air forces of the Philippines and the United States held joint patrols over the South China Sea on Tuesday, a move that angered China, which also conducted a "routine patrol" over a disputed sh...

Syria's Sharaa to discuss defense pact with Turkey's Erdogan, sources say

Syria's transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan are expected to discuss a joint defense pact in Ankara on Tuesday, including establishing Turkish airbases in cen...

US tariffs on Mexico to be paused for a month

The United States will pause new tariffs on Mexico for one month after Mexico agreed to reinforce its northern border with 10,000 National Guard members to stem the flow of illegal drugs, particula...

US official declines to say whether women, children to be held at Guantanamo

The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Sunday declined to say whether migrant women, children or families would be included in Trump administration expansion plans for the infamous...

Some congressional Republicans voice worry about tariffs' toll on their home states

President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign promise to impose steep tariffs on imports — including those coming from close U.S. allies — has some of his fellow Republicans in Congress worried about its ...

Recovery efforts in Washington aircraft collision identify 55 of 67 victims

Officials have positively identified 55 of the 67 people killed in Wednesday's midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter over the Potomac River in Washin...