Israeli forces keep hitting Khan Younis near Gaza hospital

Israeli forces advanced into the southern Gaza Strip's main city on Thursday, pounding areas near the enclave's biggest functioning hospital, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau vowed "many more mo...

Pennsylvania cannot bar adults under 21 from carrying guns, court rules

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that Pennsylvania laws that ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying firearms in public during a state of emergency are unconstitutional, citing a landmark U....

US wants Japanese shipyards to help keep warships ready to fight in Asia

The United States and Japan are looking to make a deal for Japanese shipyards to regularly overhaul and maintain U.S. Navy warships so they can stay in Asian waters ready for any potential conflict...

Philippines, Canada sign agreement on defense cooperation

The Philippines and Canada signed a memorandum of understanding on defense cooperation on Friday, a move which Manila's defense minister said could later lead to a troop pact between the two countr...

Analysis: Iran, proxies widening regional violence to Iraq, Syria, Pakistan

Iran launched missile strikes on three different countries this week - Iraq, Syria and Pakistan - while proxy militant groups it backs continue to target U.S. and Western interests and fight Israel...

Pakistan fires retaliatory strike into Iran, stoking regional tension

Pakistan launched strikes on separatist militants inside Iran on Thursday, in a retaliatory attack two days after Tehran said it struck the bases of another group within Pakistani territory. Tap fo...

Battle of Khan Younis threatens biggest hospital still working in Gaza

Israeli forces advancing into the southern Gaza Strip's main city pounded areas near the biggest hospital still functioning in the enclave on Thursday, sending patients and residents fleeing a batt...

Russia says it won't discuss nuclear arms control with US while it backs Ukraine

Russia said on Thursday it was impossible to discuss nuclear arms control with the United States without taking into account the situation in Ukraine, accusing Washington of seeking military domina...

NATO to start biggest drills in decades with some 90,000 troops

Around 90,000 troops will participate in NATO's largest exercise for decades, known as Steadfast Defender 2024, that will kick off next week and run through to May, the alliance's top commander Chr...

Hezbollah rejected US overtures, still open to diplomacy to avoid wider war, officials say

Iran-backed Hezbollah has rebuffed Washington's initial ideas for cooling tit-for-tat fighting with neighbouring Israel, such as pulling its fighters further from the border, but remains open to U....

Turkey may conduct new operations in Iraq, Syria if “needed”, official says

Turkey might conduct more cross-border operations into Iraq and Syria if needed following the deaths of nine Turkish soldiers in northern Iraq last week, a Turkish defense ministry official said Th...

US strategy on Yemen aims to weaken, not destroy, Houthis

U.S. President Joe Biden's emerging strategy on Yemen aims to weaken the Houthi militants but stops well short of trying to defeat the group or directly address Iran, the Houthi's main sponsor, rai...

Israel carries out strikes on Hezbollah in south Lebanon

Israel unleashed an intense barrage of air strikes on a valley in south Lebanon, Lebanese security sources and the Israeli military said, after a rare Israeli acknowledgment of a special forces ope...

Fighting intensifies in Ukraine's east as Russia steps up offensive action

Ukrainian artillery forces fighting near the Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut say Russian troops are constantly making offensive assaults as fighting intensifies and Kyiv waits for more military ai...

US relists Houthis as terrorists in response to Red Sea attacks

The Biden administration on Wednesday returned the Yemen-based Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups, U.S. officials said, in the latest attempt by Washington to stem attacks on international...