China rolls out upgrades for military aircraft, vessels

China's long-term military modernization efforts are bearing fruit, with a string of upgrades for its warships and warplanes under way amid intensifying tensions in the Indo-Pacific, particularly t...

Ukraine says it struck Russian air base in Crimea

Ukraine's military said Thursday its forces struck a Russian air base in Crimea overnight. Tap for the full brief.

Armenian protesters demand PM Pashinyan resign after Karabakh surrender

Thousands of protesters gathered in the Armenian capital on Wednesday to denounce the Armenian government's perceived failure to support Armenian separatists in Karabkh, after the breakaway region ...

Kenya pledges security boost amid mall massacre anniversary

Kenya pledged Thursday to reinforce security measures against Somali militants — as it commemorated a deadly mall attack. Tap for the full brief.

US Senate confirms General Charles Q. Brown for Chairman of Joint Chiefs

A majority of the U.S. Senate backed U.S. Air Force chief General Charles Q. Brown on Wednesday to be the top U.S. military officer — as lawmakers moved to confirm some of the top senior officers w...

US anti-affirmative action group sues West Point over admissions policy

The group that successfully challenged race-conscious collegiate student admissions policies at the U.S. Supreme Court sued the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Tuesday — saying the Army scho...

US House Republicans defeat their own defense spending bill

Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives failed to advance two spending bills Tuesday — as party infighting threatened the ability of Congress to fund the government and avert a pa...

Azerbaijan halts Karabakh military action after Armenians surrender

Armenian separatist forces in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh surrendered and agreed to a ceasefire Wednesday — 24 hours after Baku began an offensive to restore full control of i...

US prisoners freed from Iran return home after swap deal

Five Americans freed from Iran made an emotional return to the United States on Tuesday ending their imprisonment "nightmare" — a day after they were swapped for five Iranians held in the U.S. and ...

Israeli-Palestinian violence surges ahead of Netanyahu-Biden meeting

Israeli troops killed a 19-year-old Palestinian during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, medics and residents said — as violence surged ahead of a first meeting between Israeli Prime M...

UN records torture, deaths of detainees in Taliban custody

The United Nations recorded over 1,600 incidents of rights violations against people detained by the Taliban authorities — nearly half of them acts of torture and ill-treatment by mostly police and...

Russian court declines to consider appeal by US reporter Gershkovich against detention in spy case

A Moscow court on Tuesday declined to consider the latest appeal by U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich against his pre-trial detention — nearly six months after his arrest on spying charges that he den...

Canada suspects Indian government involved in murder of Sikh leader in British Columbia

Canada said Monday that it was "actively pursuing credible allegations" linking Indian government agents to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader — in British Columbia in June. Tap for their full ...

US finds debris from missing F-35 fighter

The U.S. military said it found debris from a crashed F-35 fighter jet in South Carolina on Monday — a day after asking for the public's help in locating the elusive wreckage. Tap for the full brief.

Azerbaijan launches “anti-terrorist” operation in Karabakh to “disarm” Armenians

Azerbaijan launched "anti-terrorist activities" in the Nagorno-Karabakh region to restore constitutional order and drive out what it called Armenian military formations there. Tap for the full brief.