West African bloc prepares standby force for possible Niger intervention

PHOTO CAPTION: A Soldier in the Nigerian Army is seen during a drill as part of FLINTLOCK 20 in Thies, Senegal Feb. 16, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Castel...

Afghanistan drought enters third year, deepens humanitarian crisis

In brown hills in north Afghanistan, Abdul Hahad tears stalks of wheat out of the earth. In the third year of water shortages and increased temperatures, he says his harvest is barely enough to sup...

23 Syrian troops killed in suspected Islamic State group attack on bus, war monitor says

An attack on a military bus in Syria's east killed 23 government troops and wounded more than 10, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) war monitor said Friday — blaming the Islamic State ...

Ukraine to fire all regional military recruitment chiefs, Zelenskiy says

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Friday that the heads of all Ukraine's regional military recruitment centers were being dismissed from their jobs — amid concerns about corruption. Tap for the fu...

Suspects in Ecuador assassination are Colombian, police say

One dead suspect and six others arrested in the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombians, Ecuadorean police said Thursday — and the government said i...

Germany will own NATO's 2nd largest helicopter fleet after Chinook purchase, air force chief says

Germany will own NATO's second largest helicopter fleet with the 60 Chinooks it announced it was buying last month, German Air Force Chief Ingo Gerhartz was quoted as saying Friday. Tap for the ful...

Poland plans to send up to 10,000 soldiers to border with Belarus

Poland is planning to move up to 10,000 additional troops to the border with Belarus to support the Border Guard, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said Thursday. Tap for the full brief.

Utah man killed in FBI raid linked to alleged threats against president, VP

The FBI said its agents shot and killed a Utah man Wednesday during a raid that a source said targeted the man for allegedly making threats against U.S. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala H...

US nurse, child safely released in Haiti two weeks after kidnapping

A U.S. nurse and her child have been safely released after their kidnapping in Haiti two weeks ago, a faith-based humanitarian aid organization where the nurse works said on Wednesday. Tap for the ...

LGBTQ+ veterans sue US military, allege biased discharges

A new lawsuit accuses the U.S. military of discriminating against as many as 35,000 veterans who were barred from serving because of their sexual orientation — by failing to grant them honorable di...

Five Turkish soldiers killed in clash with PKK in Iraq, ministry says

Five Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, Turkey's defense ministry said Thursday. Tap for the full brief.

Drug users cannot be barred from owning guns, US court rules

A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled that a decades-old law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from owning firearms was unconstitutional — as applied to the case of a marijuana user. Tap for the...

India, Japan, US, Australia hold Malabar naval exercise off Australia for first time

India, Japan, the United States and Australia will hold the Malabar navy exercise off the coast of Sydney on Friday, the first time the war games previously held in the Indian Ocean have taken plac...

Germany arrests military officer suspected of spying for Russia

German prosecutors have arrested an officer of the military procurement agency — on suspicion of passing secret information to Russian intelligence, the federal prosecutor's office said. Tap for th...

Poland doubles troops reinforcing Belarus border to 2,000

Poland will send 2,000 troops to its frontier with Belarus, the deputy interior minister told state-run news agency PAP on Wednesday — twice the number requested by the Border Guard. Tap for the fu...