US strikes kill Iranian advisor, multiple Syrian soldiers and a civilian, state media says

U.S. forces bombed eastern Syria at dawn, killing at least seven soldiers, including a member of Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and one civilian, Syrian and Iranian state media said on Tuesday. Tap ...

Aid drop off Gaza beach leads to drownings, local authorities say

Twelve people have drowned trying to reach aid dropped by plane off a Gaza beach, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday, amid growing fears of famine nearly six months into Israel's milita...

US reporter Gershkovich's detention in Russia extended by three months

A Russian court on Tuesday extended by three months the pre-trial detention of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested almost a year ago on suspicion of espionage while on a repor...

Julian Assange wins temporary reprieve from extradition to US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to the United States from Britain was put on hold on Tuesday after London's High Court said the U.S. must provide assurances he would not face the dea...

Russian investigators question Moscow attack suspects' families in Tajikistan, sources say

Russian investigators were in Tajikistan on Tuesday, questioning the families of four men charged with carrying out a deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow, three Tajik security sources told ...

How ISIS-K leader transformed group to strike abroad

Sanaullah Ghafari, the 29-year-old leader of the Afghan branch of Islamic State group, has overseen its transformation into a branch capable of operations far from its bases in the borderlands of A...

Baltimore bridge collapses after ship collision, sending vehicles into water

A 948-foot container ship smashed into a four-lane bridge in the U.S. port of Baltimore in darkness early on Tuesday, causing it to collapse and sending cars and people plunging into the river belo...

President signs $1.2T spending bill

President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law a $1.2 trillion spending package, keeping the U.S. government funded through a fiscal year that began six months ago. Tap for the full brief.

US intelligence confirms Islamic State group behind Russia attack, officials say

The U.S. has intelligence confirming Islamic State's claim of responsibility for a deadly shooting attack at a concert near Moscow on Friday, a U.S. official told Reuters. 

Israel strikes Rafah in southern Gaza despite ceasefire calls

Israel's military carried out new airstrikes in Gaza and laid siege to two hospitals on Monday, despite what the U.N. chief called a growing international consensus to tell Israel a ceasefire is ne...

Ukraine says it hit two Russian warships in strikes on Crimea

The Ukrainian military said it hit two large Russian landing ships in attacks on the annexed Crimean peninsula early on Sunday, as well as a communications centre and other infrastructure used by t...

India takes 35 Somali pirates into custody amid Red Sea operations

The Indian navy handed over 35 Somali pirates to the police in Mumbai on Saturday, after 100 days of anti-piracy operations east of the Red Sea, where piracy has resurfaced for the first time in ne...

US, Japan to boost defense ties, change command structure amid China tension, sources say

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will agree next month to tighter military cooperation, including talks on the biggest potential change to Washington's East Asia c...

Analysis: ISIS-K, the group that attacked Moscow concert hall

The U.S. has intelligence confirming Islamic State's claim of responsibility for a deadly shooting attack at a concert near Moscow on Friday, a U.S. official told Reuters. Tap for the full brief.

Shooting and blast reported at concert hall near Moscow, Russian agencies say

Shooting broke out at a large concert hall near Moscow on Friday, Russian news agencies quoted emergency services as saying. Tap for the full brief.