Trump staff had physical altercation with Arlington cemetery official, NPR reports

Two members of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign staff had a "verbal and physical altercation" with an Arlington National Cemetery official during a visit by Trump this week...

Donald Trump faces new US indictment in election subversion case

U.S. prosecutors obtained a new indictment in the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump on Tuesday. Tap for the full brief.

Israel battles Hamas in Gaza as space for displaced families narrows

Palestinians displaced by fighting in the Gaza Strip crowded onto the seashore as Israeli forces continued to battle Hamas fighters in central and southern areas, with health officials reporting at...

Top US general says risk of broader war eases a bit after Israel-Hezbollah exchange

The near-term risk of a broader war in the Middle East has eased somewhat after Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah exchanged fire without further escalation but Iran still poses a significant danger as...

Ukraine's top commander says Kursk advance continues, but Pokrovsk front difficult

Ukraine's top commander said on Tuesday that Kyiv's forces were still advancing in Russia's Kursk region, but warned that Moscow was building up its forces on the eastern Pokrovsk front, where Russ...

US Army Private King who fled to NKorea to plead guilty to five charges

U.S. Army Private Travis King, who last year ran into North Korea and was taken into custody there, will plead guilty to five charges, including desertion, while taking responsibility for his condu...

China spent $15.3B on Pacific exercises in 2023, internal Taiwan estimates show

China spent about $15 billion, or 7% of its defense budget, on exercises in the Western Pacific in 2023, according to a previously unpublished Taiwanese estimate, showing Beijing's investment in mi...

Israeli settlers kill Palestinian in West Bank, military strike kills five others

Israeli settlers shot dead one Palestinian and wounded three others in the occupied West Bank's Bethlehem, while five others were killed in an Israeli strike on the Nur Shams refugee camp near the ...

Russia strikes Ukraine's power grid in “most massive” attack of war

Russia attacked Ukraine with more than 200 missiles and drones on Monday, killing seven people and striking energy facilities nationwide, Kyiv said, while neighboring NATO member Poland reported a ...

Poland says drone likely entered its airspace during Russian attack on Ukraine

Poland said that a drone had likely entered its airspace early on Monday morning during a Russian bombardment of Ukraine, adding that the object may have landed on Polish territory and that searche...

Over 70 dead after separatist attacks in Pakistan's Balochistan

At least 73 people were killed in Pakistan's province of Balochistan when separatist militants attacked police stations, railway lines and highways and security forces launched retaliatory operatio...

Libya's eastern government says all oilfields to close amid tension

Oilfields in eastern Libya that account for almost all the country's production will be closed and production and exports halted, the eastern-based administration said on Monday, after a flare-up i...

Stranded astronauts' plight puts more pressure on Boeing’s space unit, sources say

NASA's decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home without astronauts follows years of missteps by the planemaker in its space business and raises doubts over the future of the unit, analysts ...

Israel and Hezbollah say they launch hundreds of strikes against each other

Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday, as Israel's military said it struck Lebanon with around 100 jets to thwart a larger attack, in one of the biggest clashe...

40,405 Palestinians killed in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, Gaza health ministry says

At least 40,405 Palestinians have been killed and 93,468 others injured in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, said the Gaza Health Ministry. Tap for the full brief.