Trump says he would not defend NATO allies who do not meet defense spending goals

Former U.S. President Donald Trump raised a storm of criticism from the White House and top Western officials for suggesting he would not defend NATO allies who failed to spend enough on defense an...

Kremlin denies its troops use Elon Musk's Starlink

The Kremlin said on Monday that Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet system was neither certified for use in, nor officially supplied to, Russia, and therefore could not be used. Tap for the ful...

Dutch court orders halt to export of F-35 jet parts to Israel

A Dutch court on Monday ordered the government to block all exports of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel over concerns they were being used to violate international law during the war in Gaza. Tap f...

Japan to pledge $106M in aid to Ukraine, Kyodo News reports

Japan will pledge 15.8 billion yen ($106 million) in aid to Ukraine at a conference to be held in Tokyo on Feb. 19, Kyodo News reported on Sunday, citing unidentified sources. Tap for the full brief.

US won't restart UNRWA aid until investigation completed, officials say

The Biden administration plans to wait for an internal investigation of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees to conclude before resuming aid to the organization, U.S. officials told A...

Ukraine replaces lead “Iron General” as war grinds on

Ukrainian armed forces commander General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, who was replaced on Thursday, became a national hero for repelling Moscow's invading forces two years ago but suffered battlefield setbac...

Israeli army “peeling back” Khan Younis, believes Hamas Gaza chief is there

Israeli forces are "peeling back" Hamas infrastructure in Khan Younis, more than two months after entering the Gaza Strip's main southern city, and believe the Palestinian faction's Gaza chief is h...

Northern Ireland’s new nationalist leader attends union police graduation in historic first

Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill attended a police graduation ceremony on Friday in a first for her Sinn Fein party, which has in the past been cool in its support for the force est...

UN envoy in Iraq to step down at end of May, says country “on a knife edge”

The head of the United Nations political mission in Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, told the Security Council on Tuesday she expected to step down at the end of May, adding the country was "on a ...

US conducts more strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen

The U.S. Central Command forces on Thursday conducted seven "self-defense" strikes against four Houthi unmanned surface vessels and seven mobile anti-ship cruise missiles that were prepared to be l...

Factbox: Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine's new army chief

Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, who has led Ukraine's ground forces since 2019, was promoted to commander of the armed forces on Thursday as the war with Russia nears its third year — He replace...

Five US Marines confirmed dead in helicopter crash near San Diego

Five U.S. Marines were confirmed dead after their helicopter crashed in a remote area outside of San Diego while on a training flight during a fierce winter storm, the U.S. Marines Corps said on Th...

Kataib Hezbollah commander killed in Baghdad in US strike

A commander from Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that the Pentagon has blamed for attacking its troops, was killed in a U.S. strike on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.

Israeli forces intensify strikes on Rafah in southern Gaza

Israeli forces bombed areas in the southern border city of Rafah on Thursday where more than half of Gaza's population is sheltering, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a propos...

Brazil police seizing Bolsonaro passport, arresting close aides

Brazil's federal police on Thursday sought to confiscate former President Jair Bolsonaro's passport and arrest some of his closest aides, sources said, as part of an investigation into an alleged c...