Russian nuclear-capable bombers fly close to Alaska coast, TASS reports

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Philippines says its aircraft shadowed by Chinese navy helicopter during patrol

The Philippines said on Wednesday its fisheries bureau aircraft was shadowed and approached by a Chinese navy helicopter while on patrol near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, in another face-off bet...

Israeli warplanes hit Lebanon again as Hezbollah takes aim at central Israel

Israel unleashed more airstrikes on Lebanon on Wednesday and Hezbollah militants fired salvoes of rockets into Israel in the heaviest exchanges between the arch-foes in a year. Tap for the full brief.

Lebanon says Israeli airstrikes kill at least 492, residents flee from south

Israel's military said it launched airstrikes against Hezbollah sites in Lebanon on Monday, which Lebanese authorities said had killed 492 people and sent tens of thousands fleeing for safety in th...

Russia says it will not test nuclear arms so long as US also refrains

Russia will not test a nuclear weapon as long as the United States refrains from testing, President Vladimir Putin's point man for arms control said on Monday after speculation that the Kremlin mig...

Turkey's Erdogan calls for US to lift sanctions hindering defense purchases

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called for U.S. sanctions blocking some defence purchases by his country and for other "unilateral" measures that hinder the NATO allies' ability to hit long-term b...

Iran's Guards ban communications devices after strike on Hezbollah, security officials say

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has ordered all members to stop using any type of communication devices — after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by its Hezbollah allies in Leban...

US designates UAE as a second major defense partner after India

The man who killed 10 people in a mass shooting at a Colorado grocery store in 2021 was convicted on Monday of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole....

Gunman who killed 10 at Colorado supermarket in 2021 convicted of murder

The man who killed 10 people in a mass shooting at a Colorado grocery store in 2021 was convicted on Monday of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole....

Singapore commissions two new submarines as Asia's undersea rivalry grows

Singapore commissioned two new advanced submarines on Tuesday, vessels its navy says are meant to protect sea lines of communication, and which experts said would range beyond the waters of the tin...

Russian repression worsens, UN expert says, voicing fears for political prisoners

State repression has worsened in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, a U.N. expert said on Tuesday, warning of arbitrary imprisonment and risks for more than 1,000 political prisoners. Tap for th...

US sends more forces to Middle East as tensions soar, Pentagon says

The United States is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East given escalating tensions between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, the Pentagon said on Monday, declining to speci...

Alleged Trump gunman wrote of “assassination attempt,” prosecutors say

The man accused of hiding out with a gun near Donald Trump's Florida golf course in an apparent bid to kill the former president wrote a letter months earlier describing an "assassination attempt" ...

Over 100 killed or missing as Sinaloa Cartel war rages in Mexico

Some 53 people have been killed and 51 others are missing in Mexico's western Sinaloa state since rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel began clashing on Sept 9, local authorities said on Friday, wi...

India extends unprecedented invite to Myanmar's anti-junta forces, sources say

India has invited political and military opponents of Myanmar's ruling junta to attend a seminar in New Delhi, sources said, a significant move by the South Asian power that has maintained ties wit...