China looks to strengthen ties in Russia's Central Asian backyard

China will for the first time host an in-person summit of central Asian leaders this week — seeking to cement ties in the region. Tap for more details.

NATO to approve defense plans for first time since Cold War

NATO will step back to the future at its Vilnius summit in July, with leaders set to approve thousands of pages of secret plans detailing for the first time since the Cold War how the alliance woul...

Russia says hypersonic missile scientists face “very serious” treason accusations

Three Russian academics who have worked on hypersonic missile technology face "very serious accusations", the Kremlin said on Wednesday, in a treason investigation that has spread alarm through Rus...

Ukraine denies Russia destroyed Patriot missile defense system

Ukraine denied on Wednesday that a Russian hypersonic missile had destroyed a U.S.-made Patriot missile defense system during an air strike on Kyiv. Tap the article for more details.

India boosts security for G20 meeting in Kashmir after attacks

India has stepped up security in the Jammu and Kashmir region because of an increase in militant attacks in the run-up to a G20 meeting on tourism in the Himalayan territory, officials said on Wedn...

South Korea, Canada agree to step up cooperation on critical minerals, security

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed on Wednesday to enhance cooperation on critical minerals and continue joint efforts to fend off North Korea's ...

Northern Spain blast now believed to be shooting, security chief says

 Police investigating what at first seemed like an explosion in northern Spain that killed a man and a woman now believe it was a murder-suicide with a sawn-off shotgun, authorities said on Wednesd...

UN says Sudan needs aid surge as fighting rages on in Khartoum

The United Nations said on Wednesday more than half Sudan's population now needed aid and protection, as civilians sought shelter from air strikes and sporadic clashes between rival military factio...

Russia and Iran sign rail deal for corridor intended to rival Suez Canal

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday oversaw, via video-link, the signing of a deal to finance and build an Iranian railway line as part of an emb...

Man convicted of New York bike path attack to be formally sentenced to life

A U.S. judge is set on Wednesday to formally mete out a life sentence to the Uzbek man convicted of killing eight people and injuring dozens more in a 2017 attack in which he drove a rented truck d...

Factbox: Why Ukraine is pushing for F-16 jets and will it succeed?

PHOTO CAPTION: Illustrative photo — A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon takes off from the 177th Fighter Wing at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, New Jersey, Jan. 13, 2023. (U.S. Air N...

US says it sees more signs of Russia, Iran military cooperation

The United States is seeing more signs that Russia and Iran are expanding an unprecedented military partnership that will help Moscow prolong its war in Ukraine — as well as pose a threat to Iran's...

With barbed wire and warnings, migrants stopped at US-Mexico border

After hours of waiting on the U.S. side of the border and hoping the Texas National Guard would let them seek U.S. asylum — a group of 15 migrants crossed a green river back to Mexico. Tap for more...

US defense pact to strengthen Papua New Guinea military and police, PM says

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said that the United States had been a "silent" security partner to his nation but that a defense cooperation pact will see Washington "stepping out.” T...

Chinese warships return to West Pacific for live-fire drills

Two Chinese warships have ventured into the Western Pacific for live-fire exercises, the military said Tuesday — after one of China's two aircraft carriers returned from a patrol. Tap for more deta...