At least 13 Somali soldiers killed, 20 wounded in Mogadishu suicide bombing

A suicide bomber killed at least 13 soldiers and wounded at least 20 more inside a military academy in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, a soldier who saw the bodies said, in an attack claimed...

Second US submarine arrives in SKorea amid North tension

A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine arrived in South Korea on Monday — days after the first U.S. nuclear armed submarine made port in the country in four decades, as the two allies seek to boost Ameri...

Poland says hub to fix tanks damaged in Ukraine now open

Poland said Saturday that a maintenance hub for tanks damaged in Ukraine during the war with Russia began operating in the city of Gliwice. Tap for the full brief.

Elon Musk says Twitter's blue bird logo to be replaced by an X

Elon Musk and Twitter Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino unveiled a logo for the social media platform Monday that featured a white X on a black background as a replacement for the blue bird s...

Spain's election yields no clear winner, coalition negotiations loom

No clear winner emerged from Spain's election Sunday — as the right failed to fulfill predictions of a victory big enough to push Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez from power. Tap for the full brief.

US says Ukraine has recaptured 50% of territory Russia took during full-scale invasion

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that while Ukraine has recaptured half the territory that Russia initially seized in its invasion, Kyiv faced "a very hard fight" to win back more. Tap f...

Chinese hackers breach US ambassador's emails, WSJ reports

Beijing-linked hackers accessed the email account of the U.S. ambassador to China in an espionage operation thought to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of U.S. government emails, the...

Russia hits Ukraine's grain for fourth day, practices seizing ships

Russia pounded Ukrainian food export facilities for a fourth day in a row on Friday and practised seizing ships in the Black Sea in an escalation of what Western leaders say is an attempt to wriggl...

Largest ever joint US-Australia military drill begins

Australia and the U.S. began two weeks of war games involving over 30,000 troops and participants from 11 other countries Friday. Tap for the full brief.

US expresses concern amid NKorea silence on US soldier who crossed border

The United States said Thursday it was concerned about Army Private Travis King, who dashed into North Korea two days ago — adding Pyongyang had a history of mistreating captured Americans. Tap for...

Putin tells Poland any aggression against Belarus is attack on Russia

President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused NATO member Poland of having territorial ambitions in the former Soviet Union — and said any aggression against Russia's neighbor and close ally Belarus w...

China's Xi talks with “old friend” Kissinger

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Henry Kissinger that "old friends" like him will never be forgotten, striking an easy tone in their meeting in China's capital on Thursday, amid efforts by Beijing...

Russia to further expand number of men liable for conscription

Russia will keep compulsory military service for 18-year-olds, state media reported Friday — permanently increasing the number of young men liable to conscription, after lawmakers dropped a proposa...

Russian pro-war nationalist Girkin, who shot down MH17, detained after telling Putin to transfer power

Russian investigators on Friday detained Russian nationalist Igor Girkin, who publicly accused President Vladimir Putin and the army top brass of not prosecuting the war in Ukraine aggressively eno...

Britain sanctions Wagner-linked officials in three African countries

Britain on Thursday sanctioned 13 individuals and businesses in the Central African Republic, Mali and Sudan with links to Russia's Wagner Group — including one it said was the "right hand man" of ...