Five arrested over attack that wounded US troops in Iraq airbase, statement says

Security forces have arrested five people in connection with an attack this week at a military base in Iraq in which five U.S. troops and two U.S. contractors were wounded, Iraqi officials said on ...

US strikes at Houthi targets in Yemen after claim of attack on destroyers

U.S. military forces have struck at targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen in the past 24 hours, destroying two drones, a Houthi ground control station, and three anti-ship cruise missiles, the U.S. Ce...

Russia battles Ukrainian troops for a third day after incursion

Russian forces were battling Ukrainian troops for a third day on Thursday after they smashed through the Russian border in the Kursk region, an audacious attack on the world's biggest nuclear power...

Israel kills 25 more Palestinians in Gaza airstrikes amid fears of wider war

Israeli forces stepped up strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 25 people, Palestinian medics said, in further battle with Hamas-led militants as Israel braced for potential w...

Foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift show in Austria linked to Islamic State group

The 19-year-old Austrian who masterminded a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift fans at a concert in Vienna with a bomb or knife had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group, authoriti...

Saudi Arabia says Hamas leader's killing was “blatant violation” of Iran's sovereignty

Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was a "blatant violation" of Iran's sovereignty. Tap for the full brief.

Ukraine makes incursion into Russia’s Kursk region

Russia said on Wednesday that it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces which had penetrated Russia's Kursk region in one of the largest incursions into Russia since the Ukraine war ...

Democrats Harris, Walz campaign together for first time as White House ticket

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her newly selected vice presidential running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, campaigned for the first time together on Tuesday in Philadelphia, ...

US charges man with alleged ties to Iran in foiled assassination plot

A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran has been charged in the United States in connection with a foiled plot to assassinate a U.S. politician or government officials, the Justice Department sai...

Bangladesh army refused to suppress protest, sealing Hasina's fate

The night before long-time leader Sheikh Hasina abruptly fled Bangladesh amid deadly protests, her army chief held a meeting with his generals and decided that troops would not open fire on civilia...

Chinese academic convicted of acting as foreign agent in US

A Chinese academic was convicted on Tuesday of illegally acting as a foreign agent in the United States by collecting information about New York-based activists supporting democracy in China and sh...

Hamas names Oct 7 mastermind Sinwar as leader after Haniyeh assassination

Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week, the group said on Tuesday, in a move that reinforces the ra...

Lebanon's Hezbollah launches drone attacks on Israel, says more to come

Lebanon's armed group Hezbollah launched a series of drone and rocket attacks into northern Israel on Tuesday but warned that its much-anticipated retaliation for Israel's killing of a top commande...

Israeli rights group says Palestinian prisoners subject to systematic abuse

Israel has conducted a systematic policy of prisoner abuse and torture since the start of the war in Gaza, subjecting Palestinian detainees to acts ranging from arbitrary violence to sexual abuse, ...

Kamala Harris picks Minnesota's Tim Walz for vice president

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate Tuesday — choosing a progressive policy champion and a plain speaker from America's heart...