17 arrested in US-Italian joint raid against Sicilian mafia

Seven people were arrested in Italy and 10 in the United States following a joint Italo-American police raid against suspected mafia members, Italian police said Wednesday. Tap for the full brief.

Israel begins cutting off, infiltrating Hamas tunnels in latest phase of Gaza campaign

Israel's military is starting the next phase of its war against Hamas, targeting the Islamist group's labyrinth of tunnels and command structures in northern Gaza in an operation that may take mont...

Armed drones shot down over Iraqi airport housing US troops

Three armed drones were shot down Tuesday in two separate attacks over Erbil airport in northern Iraq — where coalition troops are housed, Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service said in a stat...

Palestinian-Americans recount “horror movie” of leaving Gaza

It took four failed attempts before Suzan Beseiso was able to get through the Rafah crossing into Egypt and escape the bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Tap for the full brief.

Myanmar rebels capture provincial town as anti-junta offensive widens

Opposition troops have captured a town in central Myanmar that is a district administrative headquarters after beating back the military, the shadow government and local media said on Tuesday. Tap ...

Russia formally withdraws from treaty capping deployment of forces in Europe

Russia on Tuesday formally withdrew from a landmark security treaty which limited key categories of conventional armed forces, blaming the United States for undermining post-Cold War security with ...

US Supreme Court mulls legality of domestic-violence gun curbs

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing arguments on the legality of a federal law that makes it a crime for people under domestic violence restraining orders to have guns. Tap for the full...

Russian troops kill one Georgian, detain another on South Ossetia frontline, Georgian PM says

A Georgian national was killed on Monday by Russian soldiers deployed along the frontline between the Moscow-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia and Georgian government-held territory, Georgia...

More tanks poised around Gaza City, Netanyahu says Israel to run security after war

Israel says its forces have surrounded Gaza City, home to a third of the enclave's 2.3 million people — and are poised to attack it soon to annihilate the Hamas Islamists who massacred Israelis las...

Pro-Palestinian crowds in Turkey try storming air base housing US troops

Turkish police used tear gas and water cannon as hundreds of people at a pro-Palestinian rally on Sunday tried to storm an air base that houses U.S. troops, hours before U.S. Secretary of State Ant...

UN leaders say Israel’s Gaza campaign must “stop now” as reported death toll tops 10,000

U.N. agency leaders saying "enough is enough" demanded a humanitarian ceasefire on Monday nearly a month into Gaza's war, as health authorities in the enclave said the death toll from Israeli strik...

Israel rejects ceasefire calls, Lebanon strike angers Hezbollah

Israel on Sunday rebuffed growing international pressure for a ceasefire and said its forces had encircled Gaza City — as the top U.S. diplomat scrambled to contain a crisis that threatened to caus...

Trump testifies at NY fraud trial that estimates of his properties were inaccurate

Donald Trump on Monday said that financial estimates of many of his properties were inaccurate as he testified in a civil fraud trial in New York. Tap for the full brief.

US Supreme Court to decide legality of federal ban on “bump stocks”

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday trained its sights once again on gun rights, agreeing to decide the legality of a federal ban imposed under former President Donald Trump on "bump stock" devices th...

Chechen leader Kadyrov says ex-Wagner fighters are training with his special forces

A large group of Russia's former Wagner mercenaries has started training with special forces from the southern Russian region of Chechnya, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Monday. Tap for the ...