US imposes sanctions on Palestinians who asked for Israel war crimes probe

The United States has imposed sanctions on three Palestinian human rights groups that asked the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel over allegations of genocide in Gaza, according to...

Land disputes in rebel-occupied Congo threaten US peace deal

Returning to land they fled during a violent advance by M23 rebels, some farmers in eastern Congo have had an unwelcome surprise: Their fields of cauliflower and cabbage have been taken over by new...

Japan and Australia pledge closer security ties amid China tension

Australia and Japan on Friday said they would deepen cooperation to address increasing security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, including assisting each other in evacuating citizens at risk ...

Germany eyes more Eurofighters, modernizing Taurus cruise missile

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US Navy SEALs killed North Korean civilians after being spotted during 2019 mission, NYT reports

U.S. Navy SEALs shot and killed a number of North Korean civilians during a botched covert mission to plant a listening device in the country during negotiations in 2019, the New York Times reporte...

26 nations ready to take part in postwar Ukraine force, Macron says

26 nations are ready to take part in an international force as part of security guarantees for Ukraine in the event of a peace deal with Russia, French President Emmanuel Macron said after a summit...

North Korea to send another 6,000 troops to Russia to fight Ukraine, South’s intelligence says

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would "fully support" Russia's army as a "fraternal duty", state media KCNA reported Thursday. Tap for the full brief.

US says it may increase troop presence in Poland

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the U.S. could increase its troop presence in Poland and pledged to secure the country's defense during a White House meeting with its conservative national...

Israeli fire kills 28 more Palestinians amid Gaza City push

Israeli tanks pushed into the eastern part of the Sheikh Radwan district northwest of the city center, destroying houses and starting fires in tent encampments. Tap for the full brief.

Afghan earthquake death toll tops 2,200, survivors face aid crunch

Rescue workers on Thursday pulled bodies from the rubble of homes razed in Afghanistan's earthquakes as the confirmed death toll topped 2,200, while homeless survivors faced a bleak future with glo...

US military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges

Military and civilian lawyers working for the Defense Department will temporarily serve as immigration judges, officials said on Tuesday, the latest effort by President Donald Trump's administratio...

UK doesn't know how much massive Afghan data leak will cost, watchdog says

Britain's defense ministry does not know how exactly much it will cost to relocate thousands of Afghans after a massive data leak, the government's spending watchdog said, adding it did not have co...

Maine mass shooting survivors sue US over claims of Army's negligence

A group of more than 100 survivors and families of victims killed in the 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, sued the U.S. government over claims it failed to respond to repeated warning signs t...

Nigerian airstrike kills over 15 militia in Sambisa forest hideout, spokesperson says

Nigeria's air force killed more than 15 Islamist militia fighters in an airstrike on a their hideout around the Sambisa forest in the northeastern Borno state, a spokesperson said on Thursday. Tap ...

FBI employees worry Washington surge is exposing unmarked cars

President Donald Trump's surge of federal law enforcement into Washington, D.C., is exposing the FBI's fleet of unmarked cars, potentially risking its ability to do its most sensitive national secu...