UK defense ministry fined for Afghan data breach during Taliban takeover

The British data regulator said on Wednesday it had fined the defense ministry for a series of email data breaches that revealed details of over 265 Afghans who were seeking relocation to Britain a...

US warship shoots down Houthi drone launched from Yemen, US official says

The U.S. Navy destroyer Mason on Wednesday shot down a Houthi drone launched from Yemen that was headed in its direction as it responded to reports of an attack on a commercial vessel, a U.S. defen...

US Senate confirms new national cyber director

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Harry Coker Jr. as the second-ever national cyber director, who advises the president on cybersecurity policy and strategy. Tap for the full brief.

Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange prisoners at border

Azerbaijan and Armenia traded prisoners-of-war at their border on Wednesday in a step towards normalizing their relations after Azerbaijan achieved a decisive breakthrough in their decades-old conf...

US intelligence assesses Ukraine war has cost Russia 315,000 casualties, roughly 87% of its forces, source says

A declassified U.S. intelligence report assessed that the Ukraine war has cost Russia 315,000 dead and injured troops, or nearly 90% of the personnel it had when the conflict began, a source famili...

US “concerned” at reports Israel used white phosphorus in Lebanon attack

The United States is concerned about reports Israel used U.S.-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an October attack in southern Lebanon, White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday. Tap f...

Israel assaults southern Gaza as hunger grows

Israeli tanks and warplanes carried out new strikes on southern Gaza on Tuesday, and the U.N. said aid flows to Palestinians facing growing hunger had largely dried up because of the intensity of f...

Zelenskiy makes 11th hour plea for Ukraine war funds in Washington

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday plans a last-ditch plea to U.S. lawmakers to keep military support flowing as he battles Russia, in visits to the White House and Capitol Hill. Ta...

Russia opens new criminal case against US Radio Free Europe journalist, media report says

Russian investigators have opened a new criminal case against a Russian-American journalist being held in detention, accusing her of spreading false information about the Russian army, a state-affi...

Turkish air strikes hit 13 Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq, ministry says

Turkey's military conducted air strikes in northern Iraq on Monday and destroyed 13 Kurdish militant targets, the Turkish Defense Ministry said, adding many militants had been "neutralized" in the ...

Myanmar military meets rebel groups with China's help, junta spokesperson says

Representatives from Myanmar's ruling military have held talks, facilitated by China, with three armed rebel groups leading an anti-junta offensive, state media reported a junta spokesperson as say...

Jordan says one soldier, several drug dealers killed in Syria border firefight

The Jordanian army said on Tuesday it killed several smugglers during dawn clashes that left one of its soldiers dead as a large group of drug dealers crossed the border from Syria. Tap for the ful...

Russian dissident Navalny's team says he vanished in country’s prison system

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been removed from the penal colony where he had been imprisoned since the middle of last year and his current whereabouts are unknown, his allies sa...

Iraqi Shia militia Kataeb Hezbollah vows more attacks on US forces

Attacks by Iraq's Kataeb Hezbollah militia against U.S. interests on Friday are the start of "new rules of engagement," a security official from the group said in a social media post. Tap for the f...

Israeli forces reach center of Khan Younis in new storm of southern Gaza

Israeli tanks battled their way to the heart of Khan Younis on Sunday in a major new push into the main city of the southern Gaza Strip, as health authorities in Hamas-run Gaza said about 18,000 Pa...