US officials visit Syria's Deir al Zor in bid to defuse tribal unrest

U.S. officials visited Syria's eastern oil-rich Deir al Zor province Sunday in an attempt to defuse an uprising by Arab tribes against Kurdish rule that is destabilizing northeast Syria, U.S. offic...

NKorea's Kim to meet Russia’s Putin to discuss arms sales, NYT reports

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin and discuss supplying Moscow with weapons for the war in Ukraine, the New York Times reported. ...

US to send Ukraine depleted-uranium munitions

The Biden administration will for the first time send controversial armor-piercing munitions containing depleted uranium to Ukraine, according to a document seen by Reuters and separately confirmed...

Iraqi security forces deploy in Kirkuk after four protesters killed in ethnic clashes

Iraqi security forces deployed in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Sunday to prevent further violence as the death toll in clashes between ethnic groups the previous day rose to four, polic...

Baltic Sea drills to focus for first time on repelling Russian attack

Naval drills about to start in the Baltic Sea involving some 30 ships and more than 3,000 Western service members will for the first time practice how to respond to a Russian assault in the region,...

80 years later, Italian victims of Nazi war crimes to get compensation

In October 1943, German troops hanged six Italian civilians on a hillside in southern Italy as collective punishment for the killing of a soldier, who had been foraging for food. Tap to read the re...

Russia's “General Armageddon” seen in first photo since Wagner mutiny

A new photo appearing to show Russian General Sergei Surovikin, who has not been seen in public since a mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group in June, was published on social media Monday by a Russi...

US embassy in Haiti tells citizens to leave country “as soon as possible”

The U.S. Embassy in Haiti on Wednesday urged citizens in the Caribbean country to leave "as soon as possible" citing security and infrastructure challenges — as escalating violence has left thousan...

US Justice Dept seeks to close loopholes on some gun sales

The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday proposed expanding the definition of firearms dealers who are required to obtain a federal license — implementing provisions included in last year's bipar...

Burkina Faso says leader discussed possible military cooperation with Russian delegation

A Russian delegation held talks with Burkina Faso's interim president Ibrahim Traore on Thursday at a meeting that included discussions on possible military cooperation, the Burkinabe presidency sa...

Armenia, Azerbaijan report casualties in new border clashes

Armenia and Azerbaijan said Friday that they sustained casualties in fighting around their common border, northwest of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Tap for the full brief.

Two more ships leave Ukrainian Black Sea port under temporary corridor

Two cargo vessels have left a port near Odesa, Ukraine's deputy prime minister said Friday — the third and fourth to transit from Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea since Russia withdrew from a ...

Over 40 killed in east Congo after crackdown on anti-UN protest

Over 40 people were killed and 56 wounded in an army crackdown on violent anti-United Nations demonstrations in eastern Congolese city of Goma on Wednesday, the government said. Tap for the full br...

US approves military aid to Taiwan under program used for sovereign states

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration approved a military transfer to Taiwan under the Foreign Military Financing, or FMF — a program used for sovereign states, according to a notification sent...

African Union suspends Gabon's membership after military coup

The African Union on Thursday suspended Gabon's membership one day after military officers ousted President Ali Bongo — the first regional response to the eighth coup in West and Central Africa sin...