Syrian government, Kurdish forces agree on integration to end clashes

Syria and the main Kurdish fighting force struck a wide-ranging deal to bring Kurdish civilian and military authorities under central government control on Sunday—ending days of fighting in which S...

Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment

The soldiers subject to deployment specialize in cold-weather operations and are assigned to two U.S. Army infantry battalions under the 11th Airborne Division, which is based in Alaska, the offici...

Czechs to provide Ukraine with drone-fighting jets

Czech President Petr Pavel did not give specifics but has previously said Czech-made subsonic L-159 fighter jets could be transferred to Ukraine. Tap for the full brief.

Over 422,000 signed contracts with Russian army in 2025, down from previous year

Russian Security Council deputy chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that 422,704 people had signed contracts with the Russian Armed Forces last year, state news agencies reported. Tap for the f...

UK navy launches new autonomous helicopter drone

Britain’s Royal Navy said on Friday its first full-sized autonomous helicopter, designed to track submarines and carry out other high-risk missions amid rising North Atlantic tensions, had complete...

Russia was behind attempted 2024 arson attack, Lithuania says

Six nationals of Spain, Colombia, Cuba, Russia and Belarus had been arrested and charged over the 2024 attacks—and each faces up to 15 years in jail if convicted, senior prosecutor Arturas Urbelis ...

Finland to acquire anti-personnel landmines, conduct training

Finland and other European Union and NATO members bordering Russia - Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland - decided to leave the Ottawa treaty amid concerns over the military threat posed by Russi...

Syria poised to attack Kurdish-held towns amid stalled talks

Syrian troops are poised to attack towns in the north and east held by Kurdish fighters, sources familiar with the matter said—to pressure Kurds into making concessions in deadlocked talks with the...

Britain to boost military reserves by raising maximum call-up age

Britain also said it would lower the threshold for which former personnel could be called upon to include "warlike preparations". Tap for the full brief.

US pressing Mexico to allow troops into country

The United States is intensifying pressure on Mexico to allow U.S. military forces to conduct joint operations to dismantle fentanyl labs inside the country, the New York Times reported on Thursday...

Trump threatens to use military over Minnesota anti-ICE protests

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces in Minnesota—after days of angry protests over a surge in immigration agents on the stree...

Trump says Iranian crackdown easing, Tehran denies man to be executed

U.S. President Donald Trump said he had been told that killings in Iran’s crackdown on protests were easing and that he believed there was no current plan for large-scale executions, adopting a wai...

Man shot in Minneapolis during federal immigration operation

A U.S. immigration officer shot and wounded a man allegedly fleeing a traffic stop in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the government said—escalating tension over a surge of federal agents in Minnesota's ...

Britain temporarily closes embassy in Tehran

"We have temporarily closed the British Embassy in Tehran, this will now operate remotely. Foreign Office travel advice has now been updated to reflect this consular change," a government spokesper...

US announces Palestinian body to administer Gaza

The 15-member Palestinian body launched on Wednesday will be headed by Ali Shaath, a former deputy minister in the Western-backed Palestinian Authority who had been in charge of developing industri...