What 2024 GOP presidential candidates said at their first debate

Here is a selection of quotes from the 2024 Republican presidential candidates at their first debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday. Tap for the full brief.

Sudan army chief Burhan appearing to leave army HQ for first time since war began, video shows

  PHOTO CAPTION: Sudan's General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan stands among troops,in an unknown location, in this picture released on May 30, 2023. Sudanese Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo   ...

Seven killed in Turkish drone strikes on PKK members in northern Iraq

Turkish drone strikes Thursday killed seven members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) — including two medical personnel, in Iraq's northern province of Erbil, the counter-terrorism service said,...

Analysis: Prigozhin's presumed death removes one problem for Putin, may create new ones

The presumed death of mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a fiery plane crash leaves Russian President Vladimir Putin stronger in the short term — removing a powerful figure who had defied his au...

Giuliani surrenders in Trump election subversion case, $150,000 bond set

Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani surrendered on Wednesday at an Atlanta jail to face state charges arising from actions he was accused of taking to overturn the former U.S. pr...

US wildland firefighter pay threatened by GOP feud in Congress

U.S. federal wildland firefighters are facing a potential pay cut this autumn that lawmakers in Washington say could cause thousands to walk off the job — due to a feud among Republicans in Congres...

Ukraine forces raise national flag in Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia region

PHOTO CAPTION: Ukrainian forces raise the national flag in the settlement of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, in this screen grab taken from a social media video released August 23, 2023. Te...

Poland to revamp military command amid Belarus tension, Ukraine war

Poland's plans to revamp its military command structure should help the NATO member handle the alliance's new regional defense plans and a host of hybrid threats including those from neighboring Be...

US approves possible sale of F-16 search and track systems to Taiwan

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $500 million sale to Taiwan of infrared search and track systems for F-16 fighter jets, as well as other equipment, the Pentagon said on Wednesday....

Telegram channel affiliated with Wagner says Prigozhin is dead

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead, a Telegram channel affiliated with his Wagner mercenary group reported Wednesday. Tap for the full brief.

Russia names new air force chief after mutiny-related disappearance of “General Armageddon”, RIA reports

Russia has appointed a new acting head of its aerospace forces to replace Sergei Surovikin, nicknamed "General Armageddon", who vanished from view after a Wagner mercenary mutiny against the top br...

Russia's Surovikin dismissed as head of aerospace forces, journalist says

A Russian journalist on Tuesday said General Sergei Surovikin, who at one time was commander of Moscow's war effort in Ukraine, has been dismissed as head of the country's aerospace forces. Tap for...

Kenyan officials meet with Haiti police to discuss gangfighting force

A Kenyan delegation met with leaders of Haiti's national police Monday, a day after arriving in the country as it assesses leading a possible UN-backed security force to help police fight gang warf...

UK says Russian supersonic bomber likely destroyed in drone attack 400 miles inside Russia

British military intelligence said Tuesday that a weekend drone attack on an airfield over 400 miles inside Russia is highly likely to have destroyed a nuclear-capable TU-22M3 supersonic bomber. Ta...

Sudanese factions fight over Khartoum army base

Sudanese military factions battled for a third day over an army base in the capital, eyewitnesses said Tuesday — as both sides struggle for advantage in a more than four-month war that has devastat...