Drug users cannot be barred from owning guns, US court rules

A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled that a decades-old law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from owning firearms was unconstitutional — as applied to the case of a marijuana user. Tap for the...

India, Japan, US, Australia hold Malabar naval exercise off Australia for first time

India, Japan, the United States and Australia will hold the Malabar navy exercise off the coast of Sydney on Friday, the first time the war games previously held in the Indian Ocean have taken plac...

Germany arrests military officer suspected of spying for Russia

German prosecutors have arrested an officer of the military procurement agency — on suspicion of passing secret information to Russian intelligence, the federal prosecutor's office said. Tap for th...

Poland doubles troops reinforcing Belarus border to 2,000

Poland will send 2,000 troops to its frontier with Belarus, the deputy interior minister told state-run news agency PAP on Wednesday — twice the number requested by the Border Guard. Tap for the fu...

Ohio voters reject ballot measure in win for abortion rights advocates

Ohio voters on Tuesday rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it harder to amend the state constitution — an initiative aimed at helping defeat a November referendum that would p...

US declines to invoke prisoner of war status for Travis King

The United States has declined so far to classify Army Private Travis King as a prisoner of war — despite his being taken into North Korean custody after he crossed into the country last month, fou...

Supreme Court restores White House curbs on “ghost guns”

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a request by President Joe Biden's administration to reinstate a federal regulation aimed at reining in homemade firearms called "ghost guns" that are more...

Deal struck to send dozens of German-made Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine

Dozens of second-hand Leopard 1 tanks that once belonged to Belgium have been bought by another European country for Ukrainian forces fighting Russia's invasion, the arms trader who did the deal sa...

Ethiopian military pushes back militiamen in two Amhara towns

Ethiopia's military has pushed local militiamen out of two major towns in the Amhara region, residents said Wednesday — in its first battlefield breakthroughs since fighting erupted last week. Tap ...

Pentagon confident on sharing intelligence with Japan despite China hacking report

The Pentagon said Tuesday it was confident about sharing intelligence with Japan — despite a U.S. news report saying Chinese military hackers got into Japanese defense networks. Tap for the full br...

Russia to build up forces in west to counter NATO, Shoigu says

Russia will build up forces at its western borders following Finland's accession to NATO, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday. Tap for the full brief.

Ukraine detains woman accused of spying on Zelenskiy for Russia

Ukraine's domestic intelligence agency said Monday that it detained a woman who it accused of gathering information about President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's itinerary ahead of a trip — and also trying...

Niger junta rejects diplomatic overtures backed by US, UN

Niger's junta on Tuesday rejected the latest diplomatic mission from African countries aimed at restoring constitutional order after a July 26 coup — resisting pressure from the United States and t...

War crimes by Myanmar's military “more frequent and brazen”, UN investigators say

War crimes committed by Myanmar's military, including the bombing of civilians, have become "increasingly frequent and brazen", a team of United Nations investigators said Tuesday. Tap for the full...

Mali's troops, foreign partners target women to “spread terror”, UN report says

Mali's troops and its foreign security partners, believed to be Russia's Wagner mercenaries, are using violence against women and other "grave human rights abuses" to spread terror, U.N. sanctions ...