Analysis — With defense pledge, Putin makes shift towards North Korea

Vladimir Putin, on his first visit to North Korea in 24 years, signed a mutual defense pledge with Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, underscoring just how far Russia has recast its relations with the only ...

Israeli forces deepen Rafah invasion, kill 17 in central camps

Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday killed at least 17 Palestinians in two of the Gaza Strip's historic refugee camps and Israeli tanks pushed deeper into the enclave's southern city of Rafah, residents ...

SKorean military fires warning shots after NKorean troops cross demarcation line

South Korea's military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the Military Demarcation Line in the border area between the two Koreas on Tuesday, according to the country's Joint C...

Canada holds off on sending military trainers back to Ukraine

Canada does not think the time is right to send military trainers back to Ukraine, given hesitation among NATO allies about such a step, Defense Minister Bill Blair said Monday. Tap for the full br...

France says it will sell CAESAR howitzers to Armenia

France has signed a contract to sell CAESAR self-propelled howitzers to Armenia, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Tuesday — as Yerevan deepens military ties with the West and moves away from...

Philippines says sailor sustained serious injury in South China Sea collision

A Philippine navy sailor suffered "serious injury" after what the country's military called on Tuesday "intentional-high speed ramming" by the Chinese coast guard during a resupply mission in the S...

Two key Democrats in US Congress approve major arms sale to Israel, Washington Post reports

Two key Democrats in the U.S. Congress have agreed to support a major arms sale to Israel that includes 50 F-15 fighter jets worth more than $18 billion, the Washington Post reported on Monday, cit...

Netanyahu slams tactical pauses in Gaza fighting to get in aid

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized plans announced by the military on Sunday to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into Gaza to facilitate aid deli...

Putin clears out deputy defense ministers, appoints relative

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday sacked four deputy defense ministers and appointed a relative, Anna Tsivileva, to fill one of the vacancies. Tap for the full brief.

Eight Israeli soldiers killed as fighting continues in Rafah

Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, the military said, as forces continued to push in and around the southern city of Rafah and strikes hit several areas of G...

Russia in contact with US over possible swap for WSJ reporter Gershkovich, Kremlin says

Russia's espionage trial of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who denies charges of collecting secrets for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), will be held behind closed do...

Thousands of Rohingya feared trapped in fighting in western Myanmar

Tens of thousands of Muslim minority Rohingya are feared to be caught in fighting in western Myanmar, as a powerful armed ethnic group bears down on junta positions in a coastal town on the border ...

Netanyahu disbands his inner war cabinet, Israeli official says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said on Monday, in a widely expected move that came after the departure from government of th...

Israeli jets strike targets in Lebanon after missile barrage hits northern areas

Israeli jets and artillery hit targets in southern Lebanon on Friday after dozens of missiles were launched towards northern Israel, the military said as an escalation in cross-border strikes conti...

US imposes sanctions on Israeli group that attacked Gaza aid

Washington imposed sanctions on an Israeli group on Friday for attacking humanitarian aid convoys bound for starving civilians in Gaza, U.S. officials told Reuters, in the latest move targeting act...