US military sex assault cases more than twice official estimates, study finds

The number of sexual assaults in the U.S. military is likely significantly higher than official government estimates, according to a new study released on Wednesday. Tap for the full brief.

US approves sale to Israel of $20B weapons package

The United States on Tuesday approved the sale of $20 billion in fighter jets and other military equipment to Israel as it prosecutes a 10-month-old war in the Gaza Strip although the Pentagon said...

Hamas to stay out of Gaza truce talks, Iran considers Israel attack

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Wednesday it would not take part in a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks slated for Thursday in Qatar, dimming hopes for a negotiated truce that Iranian ...

Palestinian newborn twins, mother and grandmother killed in Israeli strike as father obtained birth certificates

Mohammed Abu Al-Qumsan had just picked up birth certificates for his newly-born twins when he found out they had been killed, along with his wife and her mother, by an Israeli strike on the Gaza ap...

Ukraine's troops still advancing in Russia's Kursk region, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine said its major cross-border assault had advanced one to two kilometers in Russia's Kursk region since the start of Wednesday and that its troops had finished clearing the Russian town of Su...

NATO air base in Germany closed off due to suspected sabotage, military says

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Analysis: US Navy's newest air-to-air missile could tilt balance in South China Sea

The U.S. Navy's deployment of new air-to-air missiles in the Indo-Pacific could erase China's advantage in aerial reach, experts say — as part of an intensifying focus on projecting power amid tens...

Ukraine touts gains in Kursk region as it takes war back to Russia

Ukraine said on Monday its biggest cross-border assault of the war had captured 1,000 square kilometres (386 square miles) of Russia's Kursk region and that Russian President Vladimir Putin would h...

Iran dismisses European calls for restraint amid Mideast tensions

Calls from France, Germany and Britain that Iran should exercise restraint with regard to Israel "lack political logic and contradict principles of international law," Iran's foreign ministry said ...

Israeli strike kills at least 19 more Gaza civilians as Hamas demands truce, not new talks

Hamas is sticking to its demand that Gaza truce talks focus on a deal already discussed with Israel and mediators rather than starting anew, an official said on Tuesday, after Israeli airstrikes ki...

US to lift ban on offensive weapons sales to Saudi Arabia

The Biden administration has decided to lift a ban on U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Friday — reversing a three-year-old policy to pressure the kingdo...

Three civilians killed in Afghan-Pakistan border clash, Taliban says

Three Afghan civilians were killed in a border clash between Pakistan and Afghanistan security forces, a spokesman for the Taliban administration in Kabul said Tuesday. Tap for the full brief.

Israeli strike kills nearly 100 in Gaza school refuge, civil defense officials say

An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school compound housing displaced Palestinian families killed around 100 people, the Gaza Civil Emergency Service said on Saturday, while Israel said the toll wa...

Several US, coalition personnel suffer minor injuries in Syria attack, US official says

Several U.S. and coalition personnel were wounded in a drone attack on Friday in Syria, a U.S. official told Reuters, in the second major attack in recent days against U.S. forces amid soaring tens...

Trump campaign says it was hacked, blames Iran

Donald Trump's U.S. presidential campaign said on Saturday some of its internal communications were hacked and blamed the Iranian government, citing past hostilities between Trump and Iran without ...