Philadelphia crash involved medevac plane carrying child, five others

A medevac plane crashed soon after takeoff in Philadelphia on Friday with a child and five others on board, the air ambulance company that operated it said — adding that it had not confirmed any su...

UN body reports “alarming rise” in Russian execution of captured Ukrainian soldiers

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission has recorded an "alarming rise" in reported executions of Ukrainian soldiers captured by the Russian armed forces during the war in recent months, it said on ...

Turkey says it hopes US will end cooperation with Syrian Kurdish militia

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday he hoped President Donald Trump would end U.S. cooperation with the Syrian Kurdish YPG, as Turkey continued its military campaign against the gro...

Former British soldier jailed for collecting information for Iran

British soldier was sentenced to more than 14 years in jail for collecting sensitive information for Iran and gathering the names of special forces personnel before briefly escaping from prison whi...

France defends defense spending, meets NATO goal

France rejected criticism from new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that it lagged in defense, saying it met NATO's target to spend 2% of GDP on its military, was on course to double spending by...

Pro-Russian militant leader killed in Moscow bomb blast

A pro-Russian paramilitary leader from eastern Ukraine, Armen Sarkisyan, was killed Monday when a bomb tore through parts of a luxury apartment block in Moscow, state news agency TASS and other Rus...

North Korean troops not seen at front for three weeks

Ukraine's special operations forces have not seen North Korean troops on the battlefield in Russia's Kursk region for around three weeks — suggesting they have been forced to withdraw after taking ...

Pentagon orders stand down of crashed helicopter’s unit amid probe

The U.S. Army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet in Washington was being operated on a training flight by a "fairly experienced crew" with night-vision goggles, Defense Secretary Pete He...

FBI nominee Patel questioned on Capitol riot, retribution claims

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, vowed on Thursday to protect FBI employees against "political retribution" even as the Trump administration has begun to fire and side...

US military deportation flight cost over $4,675 per migrant, data shows

U.S. President Donald Trump's military deportation flight to Guatemala on Monday likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant, according to data provided by U.S. and Guatemalan officials. Tap for the fu...

Israel releases Palestinian prisoners after delay over hostage handover disturbance

Hamas freed three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza on Thursday and Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process in anger at the swarming crowds at one of the hostage h...

Ukraine destroys Russian command post in Kursk region

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Congo's army and Burundian allies slow M23 rebel's southern march

Rwandan-backed rebels who have swept through eastern Congo this week met resistance from the army and its allies including Burundian troops as they tried to push south on Friday, a Congolese offici...

Sweden donates aid package to Ukraine valued at $1.2B

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Second ship seized in Baltic Sea cable damage investigation

Norwegian police said on Friday they had seized and boarded a Norwegian ship with an all-Russian crew on suspicion of involvement in causing damage to a telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, the second...