Analysis: Tougher on Israel, steady on NATO - how a Harris foreign policy could look

Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to stick largely to Joe Biden's foreign policy playbook on key issues such as Ukraine, China and Iran but could strike a tougher tone with Israel over the G...

Biden pulls out of presidential race

U.S. President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign on Sunday after fellow Democrats lost faith in his mental acuity and ability to beat Donald Trump — leaving the presidential race in uncharted...

Israel says strike kills elite Hezbollah unit field commander

A field commander in Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces was killed in an Israeli strike on south Lebanon, the Israeli military and two security sources said on Thursday, the latest senior member of th...

Russian court jails US reporter Gershkovich for 16 years in spying case his employer calls a sham

A Russian court found U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage on Friday and sentenced him to 16 years in a maximum security penal colony in what his employer, the Wall Street Journal, ca...

US aid vetting failures may have benefited militants in Afghanistan, watchdog finds

Two State Department bureaus could not prove compliance with internal policies for vetting aid groups in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan that received $293 million in funds, raising a risk that extremist...

Three die in fresh Bangladesh student protests amid telecoms disruptions

Three people died in Bangladesh on Friday in fresh protests against quotas for government jobs, media said, as telecoms links were widely disrupted and television news channels went off the air. Ta...

Arms race gathers pace as Russia, US plan to redeploy once-banned weapons

On June 28, President Vladimir Putin said Russia would resume making short and intermediate-range land-based missiles — and take decisions on where to place them if needed. Tap for the full brief.

Biden “soul searching” about dropping out of race, sources say

U.S. President Joe Biden is taking calls to step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate seriously and multiple Democratic officials think an exit is a matter of time, according to sources f...

Biden faces more pressure to quit amid COVID diagnosis, Trump to accept GOP nomination

President Joe Biden's reelection bid was mired in fresh turmoil after reports that top Democratic leaders had privately pushed him to end his campaign, while Donald Trump was set to accept the Repu...

US received intel of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump, CNN reports

The United States received intelligence in recent weeks about an Iranian plot to assassinate former President Donald Trump, CNN said on Tuesday, and a U.S. official said the Secret Service shared d...

Israel bombards central Gaza as tanks advance deeper in Rafah

Israeli forces bombarded the Gaza Strip's historic refugee camps in the centre of the enclave and struck Gaza City in the north on Thursday, killing at least 21 people, and tanks pushed deeper into...

US Navy exonerates 258 Black sailors unjustly punished after 1944 explosion

The U.S. Navy exonerated on Wednesday 258 Black sailors who were unjustly court-martialed and punished for refusing to follow orders after an explosion that killed more than 300 people in a Califor...

Serbian police officer shot dead, minister blames Kosovo

A Serbian police officer was killed and another wounded in a shootout on Thursday during a routine vehicle check near the Bosnian border, the government said, blaming neighboring Kosovo for an act ...

Russia says Armenia's warmer ties with NATO risk destabilizing region

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that Armenia's tilt towards NATO was a cause for regret and concern, and said Yerevan's actions risked destabilizing the wider ...

US military ends Gaza floating pier mission to bring aid to Palestinians by sea

The U.S. military announced on Wednesday that its mission to install and operate a temporary, floating pier off the coast of Gaza was complete, formally ending an extraordinary but troubled effort ...