US Army finds communication failures in leadup to 2023 Maine mass shooting

Three U.S. Army officers were punished for dereliction of duty in the case of Army reservist Robert Card, who shot 18 people to death in Maine last year before taking his own life, a military inves...

Analysis: Trump campaign switches gears to confront a Harris challenge

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will try to show swing voters that his likely new rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, has her fingerprints all over two issues he is counting on for ...

Israel sends tanks back into Khan Younis area, 70 killed after new evacuation order

Israel sent tanks back into the greater Khan Younis area after ordering evacuations of some districts it said had been used for renewed attacks by militants and at least 70 Palestinians were killed...

House Republicans, Democrats call on US Secret Service chief to resign

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle rebuffed bipartisan calls to resign for security failures that allowed a would-be assassin to wound Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and...

Harris secures delegates needed to become Democratic nominee for president

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris secured support Monday from a majority of delegates to the Democratic National Convention, likely ensuring she will become the party's nominee for president next m...

Iraq eyes drawdown of US-led forces starting September, sources say

Iraq wants troops from a U.S.-led military coalition to begin withdrawing in September and to formally end the coalition's work by September 2025, four Iraqi sources said, with some U.S. forces lik...

Russian troops mount pressure on Ukrainian logistics hub of Pokrovsk

Ukraine's top commander said on Monday that Russian forces were staging relentless assaults to try to advance towards the town of Pokrovsk, a logistics hub in the east, and that there was active fi...

Slovakia gets first new F-16s to boost air defense

Slovakia received on Monday the first two of 14 new F-16 fighter jets that will replace Russian-made planes it had already donated to Ukraine. Tap for the full brief.

Russian lawmakers seek punishment for troops using smartphones in Ukraine war

Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, has proposed disciplinary detention for up to 10 days for troops using devices with camera and geolocation functions in combat zones such as Ukraine, R...

Netanyahu heads to Washington, says Israel will remain key US ally whoever replaces Biden

Israel will be the United States' strongest ally in the Middle East regardless of who is elected president in November, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday before flying to Washington,...

Top UN court says Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal

The United Nations' highest court said on Friday that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and settlements there are illegal and should be withdrawn as soon as possible, in its strongest ...

“We failed”, US Secret Service director says on Trump shooting

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle admitted to Congress on Monday that she and her agency failed when a would-be assassin wounded Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a July...

All state Democratic party chairs endorse Harris

State Democratic party chairs on Sunday threw their weight behind Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party's new presidential nominee to run against Republican nominee and former president, Don...

Somali forces repel al-Shabab attacks across three bases, official says

Dozens of fighters were killed in clashes on Monday in the southern tip of Somalia when al-Shabab militants tried to overrun three army bases, officials and the insurgent group said. Tap for the fu...

Russian court sentences Russian-American journalist Kurmasheva to 6.5 years in prison

A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), to 6-1/2 years in prison for spreading false information about...