US anti-Muslim incidents hit record high in 2023 amid Israel-Gaza war

Reported discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians reached a record high in the U.S. in 2023, driven by rising Islamophobia and bias as the Israel-Gaza war raged late in the year,...

Germany to send Ukraine 180,000 artillery shells via Czech initiative

Germany will support Ukraine with 180,000 rounds of artillery shells as a contribution to a Czech-led plan to buy ammunition for Ukraine, with a price tag of 576 million euros ($618 million), the d...

Last USS Arizona survivor of Pearl Harbor attack dies at 102

U.S. Navy veteran Louis Conter, the last surviving crew member from the battleship USS Arizona, which was destroyed by Japanese warplanes in the attack on Pearl Harbor more than eight decades ago, ...

Iranian consulate in Damascus flattened in suspected Israeli air strike

Iran's consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus was flattened on Monday in what Syrian and Iranian media described as an Israeli air strike. Tap for the full brief.

Fighting rages across Gaza amid revival of truce talks

Israeli strikes killed 77 Palestinians in Gaza in the past 24 hours, health authorities said on Sunday, as Egypt hosted an Israeli delegation for a new round of talks in a bid to secure a truce wit...

Russia's Putin signs decree on spring military conscription

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree setting out the routine spring conscription campaign, calling up 150,000 citizens for statutory military service, a document posted on the Kreml...

Canada to train troops from Caribbean nations for Haiti mission

Canada has sent around 70 soldiers to Jamaica to train troops from Caribbean nations who are due to take part in a U.N.-authorized mission to Haiti, the Canadian defense ministry said on Saturday. ...

France to send Ukraine old armored vehicles, new missiles

France will deliver hundreds of old armored vehicles and new surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine in its war against Russia, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Sunday. Tap for the full...

Philippines to boost diplomacy and defense capability as South China Sea “countermeasures”

Countermeasures by the Philippines to China's conduct in the South China Sea will entail strengthening its defense capabilities with allies and exhausting all diplomatic measures to resolve dispute...

Israeli troops exit Gaza's Shifa Hospital, leaving rubble and bodies

Israeli forces left Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Monday after a two-week operation, leaving a wasteland of destroyed buildings and Palestinian bodies scattered in the dirt. Tap for the full br...

Famine is "quite possibly" in some areas of northern Gaza, US official says

Famine is both a risk and "quite possibly" present in at least some areas in northern Gaza, a senior State Department official told Reuters on Friday, while adding that the scarcity of trucks was a...

Kyiv's top general says Ukraine needs fewer troops than expected

Ukraine's military will need to mobilize fewer people than initially expected to fend off Russia's two-year-old invasion, Kyiv's top general said on Friday. Tap for the full brief.

Latvia PM open to various ways of funding for EU forces

Latvia is open to various funding options to boost the European Union's military capabilities in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Evika Silina said at a news conference in the ...

US threatens Russia with “costs” on Evan Gershkovich arrest anniversary

President Joe Biden said on Friday the U.S. will impose costs for Russia's "appalling attempts" to use Americans as bargaining chips in a statement to mark the one-year anniversary of Wall Street J...

France to boost Olympics security with foreign troops, police amid wars, ISIS attack

France has asked about 45 foreign countries to contribute several thousand extra military, police and civilian personnel to help safeguard the Paris Olympics this summer, government sources said on...