Russia disregards losses, presses on in Ukraine's Avdiivka

Russian forces are disregarding heavy casualties — and pressing on with a drive to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday. Tap for the full brief.

Islamophobic incidents surge alongside antisemitism amid war, advocates say

Antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents including violent assaults and online harassment have spiked in the U.S. since the Israel-Hamas conflict erupted on Oct. 7, two advocacy groups said Wednesday...

Armenia sees no advantage in keeping Russian military bases, PM tells WSJ

Armenia sees no advantage in continuing to host Russian military bases on its territory after Azerbaijan retook the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian prime minister told the Wall S...

Investigation focuses on Chinese vessel in Finnish-Estonian pipeline damage

Estonia's investigation into a damaged Baltic Sea telecoms cable will focus on the actions of a Chinese-owned vessel, the country's prosecutor general said, after Finland blamed damage to a nearby ...

Israel agrees to US request to delay Gaza invasion, WSJ reports

Israel has agreed to delay an expected invasion of Gaza for now so that the United States can rush missile defenses to the region to protect U.S. troops there, the Wall Street Journal reported Wedn...

US forces attacked over 12 times in Iraq and Syria in past week, Pentagon says

U.S. forces have been attacked more than a dozen times in Iraq and Syria in the past week, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Tap for the full brief.

Israel strikes Syrian army assets after rocket launches, Israeli military says

Israel's military said its jets struck Syrian army infrastructure and mortar launchers Wednesday in what it described as a response to rocket launches from Syria toward Israel. Tap for the full brief.

Gaza families wear ID bracelets to avoid burial in mass graves

With so many bodies, Palestinians in Gaza are burying the unidentified dead in mass graves, with a number instead of a name, residents say. Now some families are using bracelets in the hope of find...

US antisemitic incidents up about 400% since Israel-Hamas war began, report says

Antisemitic incidents in the United States rose by about 400% in slightly over two weeks since war broke out in the Middle East after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, adv...

China ousts defense minister, the second official to leave in three months

China removed its defense minister on Tuesday, the second ousting of a senior leader in three months. Tap for the full brief.

Kenya court extends bar on deploying police to Haiti, lawyer says

A Kenyan court extended on Tuesday a temporary order barring the government from deploying hundreds of police officers to Haiti in a U.N.-approved mission aimed at helping the Caribbean nation tack...

Ukraine's Siberian Battalion recruits Russians to fight Putin’s forces

At a shooting range outside Kyiv, a group of 20 Russian citizens in Ukrainian uniforms practiced firing assault rifles and machine guns. Soon, they expect to be taking aim at the Russian army. Tap ...

Sudanese army, paramilitary RSF to return to Jeddah negotiations

Sudan's army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces will return to the negotiating table in Jeddah on Thursday, senior U.S. State Department officials said, as a six-month war has taken its toll on ...

No direct Iran order for proxies to attack US troops, Pentagon says

Australia said Wednesday it deployed two more military aircraft and a "significant number" of defense personnel to the Middle East to help support its citizens there if the ongoing war between Isra...

US says Iran “actively facilitating” some attacks on US military bases

The White House on Monday said Iran was in some cases "actively facilitating" rocket and drone attacks by Iranian-backed proxy groups on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Syria, and President Biden h...