Germany arrests Syrian national over plot to kill soldiers

A 27-year-old Syrian national suspected of radical Islamist views has been arrested over a plot to kill German soldiers with machetes in the Bavarian town of Hof, prosecutors said on Friday. Tap fo...

Poland hosts Blinken, joins calls to lift weapons restrictions on Ukraine

Poland added its voice on Thursday to calls to allow Ukraine to fire Western-supplied missiles deep into Russia as it hosted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken for talks in Warsaw. Tap for the ...

Sister of Belarus protest leader Maria Kalesnikava says she's starving in prison

When Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko used the full force of his security apparatus to smash mass demonstrations in 2020, Maria Kalesnikava became a symbol of the protesters' defiance. Tap fo...

German navy transits Taiwan Strait for first time in 20 years

Two German navy ships including a frigate sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday in the first such transit in two decades and at a time of tension between Taipei and Beijing. Tap for ...

Taiwan hopes delayed F-16s start arriving by end of 2024

Taiwan's defense ministry said Friday it was aiming for delivery of the first new F-16V fighter jets by the end of this year, blaming "acute fluctuations" in the international situation for delays ...

NKorea shows first photos of banned uranium enrichment site

North Korea for the first time showed images of the centrifuges that produce fuel for its nuclear bombs on Friday, as leader Kim Jong Un visited a uranium enrichment facility and called for more we...

US supports two permanent UN Security Council seats for Africa

The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among small island developing states, U.S. Ambassador to the U....

US pulls one of two aircraft carriers away from Middle East

One of two U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups deployed to the Middle East in part to deter Iran from carrying out a threatened attack against Israel has departed the region, the Pentagon said on T...

Russia produces new kamikaze drone with Chinese engine, say European intel sources

Russia started producing a new long-range attack drone called the Garpiya-A1 last year using Chinese engines and parts, which it has deployed in the war in Ukraine, according to two sources from a ...

US House Republicans delay stopgap funding bill, shutdown less than three weeks out

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson canceled a vote scheduled for Wednesday on his stopgap funding bill, saying more work was needed to build support for a measure, less than three w...

Hamas says ready to implement ceasefire without new conditions

The Palestinian Hamas group said on Wednesday that its negotiators reiterated its readiness to implement an "immediate" ceasefire with Israel in Gaza based on a previous U.S. proposal without new c...

Russian shelling kills three Red Cross workers in eastern Ukraine

Russian shelling on Thursday killed three Ukrainians working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and injured two others in a village in the frontline Donetsk region, Ukrainian o...

In Kyiv, US and UK diplomats offer aid but no breakthrough on strikes into Russia

PHOTO CAPTION: Members of Ukraine's National Guard Omega Special Purpose prepare a SPG-9 anti-tank launcher to fire toward Russian troops in the front line town of Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on...

Ex-CIA officer gets 10 years in prison for spying for China

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US grants Egypt $1.3B in military aid, overriding rights conditions

PHOTO CAPTION: Egyptian and multinational Special Operations Forces engage targets at a small arms training range during Exercise Bright Star 2023, Sept. 3, in Mohamed Naguib Base, Egypt. (U.S. Arm...