China stages record drills encircling Taiwan

China launched its most extensive war games around Taiwan on Monday to showcase Beijing's ability to cut off the island from outside support in a conflict—testing Taipei's resolve to defend itself ...

Three Turkish police, six ISIS militants killed in clash, amid national crackdow

Three Turkish police officers and six ISIS militants were killed in a firefight in northwest Turkey on Monday, the Interior Minister said—a week after over 100 suspected ISIS members were detained ...

Poland intercepts Russian plane over Baltic, reports airspace breaches from Belarus

Poland sent fighter jets to intercept a Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying near its airspace over the Baltic Sea—and said dozens of objects entered from Belarus overnight. Tap for the full brief.

US says it struck ISWAP militants in northwest Nigeria

Without naming ISIS specifically, Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar said the operation had been planned "for quite some time”—and had used intelligence information provided by the Nige...

Supreme Court rejects military deployment in Chicago area, for now

"At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois," the court's majority said. Tap for the full b...

US eyes reinforcements for Coast Guard to seize fleeing tanker, sources say

The U.S. Coast Guard is waiting for more assets to arrive—before possibly seizing another Venezuela-linked oil tanker it has been pursuing since Sunday, two sources said. Tap for the full brief.

Thai, Cambodian militaries hold talks on renewing ceasefire

Military officials from Thailand and Cambodia began talks Wednesday—after at least 86 people were killed in renewed border clashes. Tap for the full brief.

“Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls”, Epstein wrote Larry Nassar in 2019 letter

The U.S. Justice Department released an image on Tuesday of a card that refers to President Donald Trump, purportedly written by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar, who is servi...

Lebanon denies any army ties to Hezbollah after Israeli strike kills soldier

Lebanon on Tuesday rejected Israeli accusations that a Lebanese soldier killed in an air strike near the southern city of Sidon had links to Hezbollah—after Israel said it had attacked three milita...

Trump says US needs Greenland for security, taps envoy to “lead the charge”

President Donald Trump reasserted on Monday that the United States needs Greenland for its national security and said a special envoy he appointed to the Arctic island would "lead the charge." Tap ...

Syrian government and SDF agree to de-escalate after Aleppo violence

Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces agreed to de-escalate on Monday evening in the northern city of Aleppo—after a wave of attacks that both sides blamed on each o...

US military says one person killed in strike on suspected drug vessel in Pacific

The U.S. military said it killed one person in a strike on a "low-profile vessel" suspected of carrying drugs in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday. Tap for the full brief.

Israeli defense minister vows Gaza occupation, rebuking US peace plan

The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to comment. Tap for the full brief.

US Justice Department releases new batch of redacted Epstein files

The latest release comprises around 29,000 pages, with redactions, and dozens of video clips—including several purporting to be shot inside a prison. Tap for the full brief.

China likely loaded over 100 ICBMs in silo fields, Pentagon says

China is expanding and modernizing its weapons stockpile faster than any other nuclear-armed power. Tap for the full brief.