US prosecutors show new details of Trump's bid to overturn election loss

U.S. prosecutors said Donald Trump was acting outside the scope of his duties as president when he pressured state officials and then-Vice President Mike Pence to try to overturn his 2020 election ...

41,788 Palestinians killed in Gaza offensive since Oct. 7, health ministry says

Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 41,788 Palestinians and wounded 96,794 since Oct. 7, the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said on Thursday. Tap for the full b...

US organized a flight out of Beirut as Americans seek to leave Lebanon, says State Dept

The United States organized a flight from Beirut to Istanbul on Wednesday to allow Americans to leave Lebanon amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, State Department spokesperso...

Israel says eight soldiers killed in action against Hezbollah in Lebanon

PHOTO CAPTION: Israeli soldiers are seen during training exercise, June 29, 2020. (Israeli Defense Forces photo via Flickr)   By Ari Rabinovitch and Maya GebeilyJERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel ...

Ukraine investigating alleged shooting of 16 POWs by Russia

Ukraine said on Tuesday it had launched an investigation into what it said was an apparent shooting dead by Russian troops of 16 Ukrainian prisoners of war, soldiers who had surrendered on the east...

Iran's Khamenei warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him, sources say

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Hezbollah leader Syyed Hassan Nasrallah to flee Lebanon days before he was killed in an Israeli strike and is now deeply worried about Israeli in...

Yazidi woman freed from Gaza in US-led operation after decade in captivity

A 21-year-old woman kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Iraq more than a decade ago was freed from Gaza this week in an operation led by the United States and involving Jordan and the Baghdad g...

Israel beefs up forces on Lebanon border as Hezbollah reports clashes with troops

Hezbollah said its fighters were engaging Israeli forces inside Lebanon on Wednesday, reporting ground clashes for the first time since Israel began pushing into its northern neighbor in a campaign...

Takeaways from the Vance-Walz US vice presidential debate

U.S. Senator JD Vance, Republican Donald Trump's pick as his vice presidential running mate, squared off against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who Democrat Kamala Harris tapped to be her No. 2, in a...

US Navy destroyers fired dozen interceptors against Iranian missiles, Pentagon says

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Islamic State group ambush kills four Iraqi soldiers near Kirkuk

Four Iraqi soldiers were killed and three injured on Wednesday in an ambush by Islamic State militants on an army convoy near the northern oil city of Kirkuk, a military statement said. Tap for the...

Putin orders conscription of 133,000 servicemen in Russia's autumn draft

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the conscription of 133,000 new servicemen in Russia's autumn draft that starts Oct. 1 and goes until the end of the year, according to a Kremlin decree pub...

Japanese ministers say they are not pursuing PM's “Asian NATO” proposal

Japan's foreign and defense ministers said on Wednesday they are not working on a proposal by Japan's new prime minister to establish an "Asian NATO", as the U.S. and India had rejected the idea. T...

Russia captures Vuhledar after two years of Ukrainian resistance

Russian troops on Wednesday took charge of the eastern Ukrainian town of Vuhledar, a bastion that had resisted intense attacks since Russia launched its full-invasion in 2022. Tap for the full brief.

Myanmar civil war fuels surge in cross-border drug trade, Thailand official says

Thailand has seen a surge in illegal drugs trafficked from neighboring Myanmar and a sharp increase in methamphetamines and heroin seizures, as a civil war adds fuel to the regional drug trade, a s...