Hezbollah deputy chief backs Lebanon ceasefire efforts, omits mention of Gaza deal

Hezbollah deputy leader Naim Qassem said in comments broadcast on Tuesday that his movement supports efforts to reach a ceasefire for Lebanon, but for the first time omitted any mention of a Gaza t...

A year after Oct. 7, Hamas faces blame among Gazans

Samira, a mother of two, yearns for her old life when she was an Arabic teacher and had a comfortable home — before the attack by Hamas on Israel a year ago plunged Gaza into suffering and chaos. T...

Mexico reels from latest attacks as Sheinbaum prepares to announce new security policy

President Claudia Sheinbaum will present her strategy for confronting Mexico's dire security situation on Tuesday amid a backdrop of high-profile violence including the brutal murder of a local may...

Hacker attack disrupts Russian state media on Putin's birthday

Russian state media company VGTRK, which owns and operates the country's main national TV stations, was targeted in a cyberattack Monday — that a Ukrainian government source said Kyiv's hackers had...

Burkina Faso's junta suspends US-funded VOA over insurgency comment

Burkina Faso's junta has suspended U.S.-funded broadcaster Voice of America for three months over comments about a jihadi insurgency in West Africa's Sahel region — and temporarily banned local out...

Russian forces reach another key frontline city, Ukraine's military says

Russian forces have entered the outskirts of the eastern Ukraine frontline city of Toretsk, Ukraine's military said late on Monday, less than a week after the fall of the bastion town of Vuhledar. ...

Philippines' Marcos signs law to revitalize country's defense industry

PHOTO CAPTION: A Philippine Naval Special Operations Command operator pulls security during over-the-beach operations training before a joint maritime interdiction operation scenario during exercis...

SKorea, Singapore aim to become strategic partners in 2025

South Korea and Singapore have agreed to embark on a strategic partnership next year, marking the 50th anniversary of their establishment of diplomatic relations, the city state's Prime Minister La...

Israel says Hezbollah’s Safieddine, Nasrallah replacement, is probably dead

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said it appeared the replacement for slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had been "eliminated". Tap for the full brief.

Israel marks Oct. 7 anniversary amid escalating war

Israelis on Monday marked the first anniversary of the devastating Hamas attack that triggered a war which has sparked protest worldwide and risks igniting a far wider conflict in the Middle East. ...

Iran's Quds Force leader “in good health,” deputy commander says amid absence since strikes

The top commander of Iran's Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, is in "good health", the force's deputy commander Iraj Masjedi said on Monday, after two Iranian security sources told Reuters he had been out ...

Britain withdraws family members of embassy staff from Israel

Britain has withdrawn the families of its embassy staff working in Israel due to the escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and the risk of a wider regional conflict. Tap for the full ...

Employee at Russian-controlled nuclear plant killed by Ukraine in car bomb attack

An employee at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was killed on Friday morning in a car bomb attack that Ukrainian military intelligence said had punished a...

Russia sentences two more Americans to seven years each

A Russian court on Monday sentenced 72-year-old American citizen Stephen James Hubbard to six years and 10 months in prison after convicting him in a closed-door trial of serving as a mercenary for...

Mexican mayor assassinated days after taking office

The mayor of the capital of Mexico's violence-plagued state of Guerrero was killed on Sunday less than a week after he took office, the state's governor confirmed. Tap for the full brief.