Iranian girl critical in hospital after alleged encounter over hijab law, activists say

An Iranian teenaged girl is in critical condition in hospital, two rights activists told Reuters on Wednesday — after falling into a coma following what they said was a confrontation with agents in...

Islamist militants advance in Mali, besiege Timbuktu as UN withdraws

Islamist militants in Mali began a blockade of Timbuktu by cutting off road, river and air routes in an offensive that has put the city once again on the frontline of a jihadi insurgency. Tap for t...

Turkey conducts new air strikes in northern Iraq

Turkish air forces conducted fresh air strikes in northern Iraq on Tuesday — and destroyed 16 targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Turkey's defense ministry said. Tap for the full...

What's at stake in the US Congress' debate over Ukraine aid

Congress included no new money for Ukraine in the stopgap U.S. spending bill it passed Saturday to keep the federal government open — highlighting increasing reluctance of some Republicans to assis...

US sends seized Iranian ammunition to Ukraine

The U.S. has sent Ukraine over 1 million rounds of Iranian ammunition seized by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Central Command said Wednesday. Tap for the full brief.

WhatsApp to war: How Cubans were recruited to fight for Russia

Cuban seamstress Yamidely Cervantes has bought a new sewing machine for the first time in years, plus a refrigerator and a cellphone — all on Russia's dime. Tap for the full brief.

Trump civil fraud trial enters second day as business empire hangs in balance

Donald Trump’s civil trial continues in Manhattan on Tuesday in a case that threatens to dismantle parts of the former U.S. president’s business empire — and curtail his ability to do business in N...

Armenia ratifies statute to accept International Criminal Court jurisdiction

Armenia's parliament on Tuesday ratified the founding statute of the International Criminal Court, subjecting itself to the jurisdiction of the court in The Hague — in a move certain to irritate it...

Indian police raid journalists’ office, homes in illegal funding probe, officials say

Indian police raided the New Delhi office of a news portal and the homes of journalists and writers linked to it Tuesday as part of an investigation into suspected illegal foreign funding of the me...

Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in the Netherlands

A former Rwandan military official who is suspected of having played a key role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide was arrested in the Netherlands on Tuesday, Dutch prosecutors said. Tap for the full brief.

Britain to provide NATO with troops for Kosovo support

Britain's Ministry of Defense has transferred command of an army battalion to NATO so it can provide support in Kosovo if required, it said Friday. Tap for the full brief.

“They're just meat,” Russian “Storm-Z” veterans say of penal units echoing Stalin era

Drunk recruits. Insubordinate soldiers. Convicts. They're among hundreds of military and civilian offenders who've been sent to the frontlines in Ukraine this year, according to 13 people with know...

House Speaker McCarthy vows to survive ouster threat for avoiding shutdown

Top U.S. House Republican Kevin McCarthy said Sunday he expected to survive a threat to his speakership after a hardline critic within his party called for his ouster — following the passage of a s...

UK PM Sunak says no plan to send British troops to Ukraine after minister comment

There are no plans to deploy combat instructors to Ukraine, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Sunday — walking back from comments by his defense minister who had suggested troops could carry ...

Serbia lowers number of troops near Kosovo, army chief of staff says

Serbia has withdrawn some troops stationed near the border with Kosovo, after having increased the numbers deployed there following a gun battle in northern Kosovo in which four people died, army c...