Nigerian general, soldiers killed in joint attacks by ISWAP and Boko Haram, assaults repelled

Jihadi groups Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) launched coordinated overnight attacks across Nigeria's Borno state—killing an army general and several soldiers, military so...

UK deployed military to deter Russian submarines from its waters

Britain deployed its armed forces to deter Russian submarines from attacking its cables and pipelines—when they spent around a month in British waters earlier this year, Defense Minister John Heale...

Iran war doubles Russia's main oil revenue to $9B in April

Russia will see revenue from its biggest single oil tax double to $9 billion in April—due to the oil and gas crisis triggered by the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran, Reuters calculations showed on Thu...

Toll for Israel’s Lebanon strikes rises to 254 dead, over 1,100 wounded in war’s deadliest day

The strikes raised questions about regional truce efforts—with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian saying a ceasefire in Lebanon was an essential condition of his country's agreement with the Unite...

US soldier's wife released from ICE detention, feds still seek her deportation

Annie Yaritza Ramos Alvarado, 22, recently married U.S. Army Sergeant Matthew Blank, 23. Tap for the full brief.

Trump says US-Iran talks will be behind closed doors

President Trump said on Wednesday talks on the Iran war would be held behind closed doors—and that "only one group of meaningful 'POINTS'" were acceptable to the United States—but gave no other det...

Israel hits Lebanon with heaviest airstrikes of war, killing 89 and wounding 700

In Beirut, reporters saw people on motorcycles picking up wounded and transporting them to hospitals—because there were not enough ambulances to get them in time. Tap for the full brief.

Vance says Trump is “impatient” about “fragile truce” with Iran

"He's impatient. He's impatient to make progress," Vice President Vance said. "He has told us to negotiate in good faith, and I think if they negotiate in good faith, we will be able to find a deal...

Hezbollah pauses attacks, Israel says operations in Lebanon continue

Lebanon's Hezbollah ceased fire on northern Israel and on Israeli troops in Lebanon on Wednesday as part of a two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire—but a lawmaker from the Iran-aligned group said Israel mus...

New procedure relieves PTSD among troops and veterans, study finds

Over 100 soldiers and former soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were randomly assigned to receive psychotherapy with or without an MRI-guided, robot-controlled form of transcranial...

Trump suspends “bombing and attack of Iran” for two weeks

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has agreed "to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks." Tap for the full brief.

Fifteen people have died in US immigration custody this year, ICE says

That follows 31 deaths last year—a two-decade high. Tap for the full brief.

Trump says “a whole civilization will die tonight” as Iran defies looming deadline

"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will," President Trump wrote on his Truth Social website. Tap for the full brief.

US hits military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, Vance says no change to “strategy”

U.S. strikes on Iran's Kharg Island do not represent a change in American strategy, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday—as a U.S. official separately told reporters the strikes did not imp...

Israeli airstrike kills at least 10 near Gaza school, health officials say, breaking ceasefire

Before the strikes, some Palestinians had clashed with members of an Israeli-backed militia—who they said attacked the school in an attempt to abduct some people, medics and residents said. Tap for...