UN says Russia consolidates control of occupied Ukraine with “climate of fear”

Russia is illegally consolidating its control over occupied Ukrainian territory by creating a "climate of fear" with practices such as arbitrary detention, killings and torture, the head of a U.N. ...

Canada upholds freeze on new arms export permits to Israel

Canada has not approved new arms exports permits to Israel since Jan. 8 and this freeze will continue until Ottawa can ensure the weapons are used properly, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on We...

US Air Force says it conducted successful hypersonic weapon test

The U.S. Air Force said on Tuesday it had conducted a successful test of an air-launched hypersonic weapon in the Pacific Ocean. Tap for the full brief.

Analysis: US strains with Israel show as Blinken tours Middle East

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, launching a tour of the Middle East to try to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza war as increasing strain showed in Washingt...

Netanyahu rejects US plea to call off Rafah assault

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spurned a plea from Joe Biden to call off a planned ground assault of Rafah, the last refuge in Gaza for more than a million displaced people, where Israel...

Kyiv hopes to have enough battlefield ammunition by April, PM says

Ukraine hopes to have enough ammunition for its outgunned troops to repel Russian aggression starting from April amid a Czech-led initiative to source shells for supply, Prime Minister Denys Shmyha...

Turkish soldier killed in Iraq clash, defense ministry says

A Turkish soldier was killed and four others were wounded in a clash with militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, Turkey's defense ministry said Tuesday. Tap for...

Germany arrests two over suspected Islamist plot on Swedish parliament

Germany has arrested two suspected Islamic State group members for allegedly planning an attack on the Swedish parliament in retaliation for Koran burnings in the Scandinavian country, the federal ...

Russia's Putin to visit China in May, sources say

Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China in May for talks with Xi Jinping, in what could be the Kremlin chief's first overseas trip of his new presidential term, according to five sour...

Russia gets new head of Navy after Black Sea Fleet suffers at hand of Ukraine

The new head of Russia's Navy was formally presented in his new role for the first time on Tuesday at a ceremony, the state RIA news agency reported — confirming the appointment of Admiral Alexande...

Putin holds onto Russian presidency for six more years

President Vladimir Putin won a record 87.8% post-Soviet landslide in Russia's election Sunday — cementing his grip on power. Tap for the full brief.

Tensions rise in Haiti amid leadership uncertainty

Residents braced for another tense night in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on Friday, as attacks continued across parts of the city in the aftermath of the resignation of Prime Minister Henry and i...

Niger revokes military accord with US, junta spokesperson says

Niger's ruling junta has revoked with immediate effect a military accord that allows military personnel and civilian staff from the U.S. Department of Defense on its soil, junta spokesperson Colone...

Taliban says it hit Pakistan back after air strikes in Afghanistan kill eight

Afghanistan's Taliban said Monday that Pakistan carried out two air strikes on its territory, killing five women and three children, and it fired heavy weapons at Pakistani forces along the border ...

Nigerian military denies reprisal attack after 16 troops killed

Men in army uniform ransacked and burned homes in Nigeria's oil-producing Delta state days after youths killed 16 soldiers sent there to resolve a land dispute, residents said, but the defence chie...