Finland hopes to prevent cable damage with new surveillance center

Finland's Border Guard hopes to prevent damage to critical undersea infrastructure in the Gulf of Finland with a maritime surveillance centre it plans to set up in cooperation with other Baltic Sea...

Russia withdrawing troops from airport in northeast Syria

Russia has stationed forces at Qamishli airport in the northeast since 2019. Tap for the full brief.

Explainer: Can ICE agents be prosecuted for Minneapolis shootings?

If Minnesota charges the agents, they could seek to move the case to federal court—and argue they are immune from prosecution. Tap for the full brief.

French navy seizes suspected shadow fleet tanker, detains captain

The captain of an oil tanker intercepted by the French navy has been detained under investigations into whether it was operating under a false flag, the Marseille prosecutor’s office said on Sunday...

Syria extends ceasefire with Kurdish forces by 15 days

Syria's defense ministry said Saturday night that its forces would cease military operations for a further 15 days—to support an ongoing U.S. operation to transfer ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq...

Syrian Kurds hand over Raqqa prison to govt troops as truce deadline looms

Syria's government took over a prison on Friday after the negotiated exit of Kurdish fighters from the facility—in what an official said was a positive sign that a truce between the two forces coul...

British Royal Navy tracks Russian vessels sailing through English Channel

The operation comes a day after Britain said it supported a French boarding of a sanctioned Russian oil tanker as it passed through the Straits of Gibraltar—in a bid to choke off funds fueling Russ...

Trump says US “armada” heading toward Iran, renewing tension

"We have a lot of ships going that direction, just in case …I'd rather not see anything happen, but we're watching them very closely," President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. Ta...

NATO veterans say Trump crossed line questioning their Afghan service

Veterans from across Europe hit back at U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that they had stayed "a little off the front lines" in Afghanistan, saying on Friday that hundreds of their comrades...

US to complete transfer of ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq in coming days

Iraqi legal sources said the ISIS detainees are largely Iraqis—alongside Arab foreign fighters and nationals of Britain, Belgium, France, Germany and Sweden. Tap for the full brief.

Bill to rein in Trump's Venezuela war powers fails in US House

The House voted 215 to 215, a tie that defeated the resolution which "directs the president to remove United States Armed Forces from Venezuela, unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war...

US moving carrier strike group from Pacific to Middle East, officials say

U.S. warships including the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, several destroyers and fighters will arrive in the Middle East in the coming days, two U.S. officials said Thursday—even as U.S. Pr...

UN-backed Haiti force to deploy fully by summer amid political turmoil

A U.N.-backed security force deployed to Haiti, to help local police combat gangs that have taken over much of the country, should reach its new full-strength by summer, the U.N.'s special envoy fo...

US pitches “New Gaza” development plan; Israeli fire kills five Palestinians

The United States on Thursday announced plans for a "New Gaza" rebuilt from scratch—as part of the U.S. push to advance a ceasefire shaken by repeated Israeli violations. Tap for the full brief.

Iraq says it will prosecute ISIS detainees transferred from Syria

Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said on Thursday it would begin legal proceedings against ISIS detainees transferred from Syria—after clashes between the government and Kurdish-led forces in northe...