US and Israel launch strike Iran, targeting its leadership

The first wave of strikes in what the Pentagon named "OPERATION EPIC FURY" mainly targeted Iranian officials, a source familiar with the matter said. Tap for the full brief.

Women regularly denied emergency healthcare under Taliban restrictions, UN report says

"Unfortunately, we expect higher mortality - maternal mortality (and) infant mortality - in the coming years because of the fact that the health workforce are systematically restricted," said Suray...

Pakistan bombs targets in Afghan cities, defense minister calls it “open war”

The Pakistani strikes hit the capital Kabul and the city of Kandahar—where Taliban leaders are based. Tap for the full brief.

ICE struggles to vet recruits amid US immigration enforcement push, internal email shows

The email, sent to supervisors with ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations division said the “high volume of new hires” and stalled background checks could create uncertainty for field offices—wh...

Jihadi attacks on Niger, Benin and Nigeria border zone rose 90%, researchers say

The findings underscore the accelerating spread of jihadist groups in West Africa—where governments and foreign militaries have struggled for over a decade to contain them. Tap for the full brief.

US charges former F-35 pilot for training China's air force

Gerald Eddie Brown, Jr., a former F-35 Lightning II instructor pilot who had led units with responsibility for nuclear weapons, was arrested—and charged with "providing and conspiring to provide" d...

Pakistan, Afghan Taliban clash again after days of hostilities

Pakistani and Afghan border forces clashed on Thursday night—after the Taliban launched what it called retaliatory strikes on Pakistani installations, escalating tensions after days of hostilities....

Israeli fire kills three people in Gaza, violating ceasefire

An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, the territory's health officials said, and the Israeli military said it killed a militant who posed a threat to ...

CEO of World Economic Forum quits after Epstein ties come to light

The president and CEO of the World Economic Forum, Borge Brende, said he was stepping down on Thursday—a few weeks after the forum launched an independent investigation into his relationship with l...

Pentagon removes Vice Admiral Kacher from Joint Staff post

Kacher's removal follows upheaval at the Pentagon—including the firing of the previous chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, last year by Defense Secretary Pete Hegse...

China masking drone flights in potential Taiwan invasion rehearsal, analysts say

Since August, at least 23 flights have been logged under the call sign YILO4200, a known long-endurance Chinese military drone, but the aircraft transmitted registration numbers of other aircraft, ...

Cuba says it killed four, wounded six from Florida-based speedboat that opened fire

Cuban forces killed four people and wounded six others aboard a Florida-based speedboat that entered Cuban waters on Wednesday and opened fire on a Cuban patrol, the Cuban government said—at a time...

Record 129 journalists killed in 2025, mostly by Israel, says Committee to Protect Journalists

It was the second straight year that press killings set a record—and the second straight year Israel was responsible for two-thirds of them, the CPJ, a New York-based organization that documents at...

South Africa says most of a group of men lured into fighting for Russia set to return home

Reports of African men being lured into Russia with promises of jobs and ending up on Ukraine's front line have become more frequent in recent months—creating tensions between Moscow and some of th...

SKorea, US militaries to conduct joint training in March

The annual “Freedom Shield” drill is "defensive in nature", officials said at a briefing—though that has not prevented it from being a flashpoint with North Korea, which has denounced the drills as...