US, Bahrain sign strategic security and economic agreement

The United States and Bahrain on Wednesday signed a strategic security and economic agreement which U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said would expand defense and intelligence collaboration b...

China becomes first to name new Afghan ambassador under Taliban

China became the first country on Wednesday to formally name a new ambassador to Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, after its envoy presented credentials at a ceremony in Kabul. Tap for the fu...

US House's McCarthy opens impeachment probe of Biden

GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday launched an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden — propelling Congress toward an effort to remove the Democratic president — after two impeachments of form...

Pennsylvania fugitive captured after two-week manhunt

A convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail was recaptured on Wednesday after eluding an expanding manhunt for two weeks and unnerving residents in the suburbs west of Philadelphia, s...

Five ex-Memphis policemen charged with civil rights violations in Tyre Nichols death

Five former Memphis policemen were charged in federal court on Tuesday with violating the civil rights of Black motorist Tyre Nichols by beating him to death after a traffic stop and covering it up...

Putin meets Kim, says Russia will help NKorea build satellites

President Vladimir Putin promised help to North Korea build satellites and showed Kim Jong Un around Russia's most modern space launch facility on Wednesday before talks that were expected to inclu...

Niger junta ends military pact with Benin amid regional standoff

The junta in Niger on Tuesday said it would end a military pact with neighboring Benin, accusing it of authorizing the deployment of troops on its territory for a possible military intervention aga...

Romania says possible new drone fragments found on its territory

Elements of a possible drone were identified on NATO-member Romania's territory, the defense ministry said Wednesday — after Russian drone attacks across the border on southern Ukraine’s Izmail. Ta...

Ukraine hits Russian naval targets in largest attack on Black Sea Fleet HQ yet

Ukraine said it struck Russian naval targets and port infrastructure Wednesday in the Crimean city of Sevastopol — in what appeared to be the biggest attack of the war on the home of the Russian na...

Ukraine may get ATACMS or other missiles armed with cluster warheads, US officials say

The Biden administration is close to approving the shipment of longer-range missiles packed with cluster bombs to Ukraine — giving Kyiv the ability strike deeper and with greater damage within Russ...

Iraq relocating Iranian Kurdish fighters from Iran border, foreign minister says

Iraq has started relocating Iranian Kurdish groups from Iraq's Kurdish region frontiers with Iran to camps far from the border as part of a security agreement between Baghdad and Tehran, Foreign Mi...

Ukraine says it has retaken offshore drilling platforms near Crimea

Ukrainian forces recaptured several gas and oil offshore drilling platforms from Russia that were close to Crimea, Ukraine's military intelligence (GUR) said Monday. Tap for the full brief.

Japan appoints de-facto Taiwan defense attache, elevating security ties

Japan appointed a serving government official to act as its de facto defense attache in Taiwan, four sources said. Tap for the full brief.

Sweden weighs sending Ukraine fighter jets, SR radio reports

The Swedish government is considering donating Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine to help it fight Russia, Swedish public radio (SR) reported Tuesday. Tap for the full brief.

In cat and mouse game, Philippines resupplies troops in South China Sea atoll

The Philippines has completed a supply mission for troops stationed in a rusty World War Two-era ship, but not without a usual cat and mouse chase with Chinese vessels in the South China Sea. Tap f...