Germany joins US-led UN Command in South Korea policing armistice border

Germany joined the U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC) in South Korea on Friday, becoming the 18th nation in a group that helps police the heavily fortified border with North Korea and has commit...

UK Islamist preacher Choudary jailed for life for terrorism offenses

British radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary, whose followers have been linked to numerous plots around the world, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday for directing a terrorist organi...

As freed detainees rejoice, boyfriend worries about US citizen still held in Russia

As the detainees released by Moscow in a Thursday's historic prisoner swap flew to freedom, the boyfriend of Russian-American Ksenia Karelina was heartbroken that she was not among them. Tap for th...

Americans Gershkovich, Whelan freed alongside Russian assassin in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan were released by Russia on Thursday — as part of the biggest East-West prisoner exchange since the end of the Cold War, a deal n...

Death of Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif, Oct 7 mastermind, confirmed, Israel says

The head of Hamas' military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza last month, the Israeli military said on Thursday, a day after the group's political leader was assassina...

Ukraine receives first F-16 jets, officials say

The first batch of long-awaited F-16 jets have arrived in Ukraine, Lithuania's foreign minister and a U.S. official said on Wednesday, an effort Kyiv has said will help rebuild its depleted air for...

Three Sept. 11 suspects agree to plead guilty at Guantanamo

The man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two of his accomplices, held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have agreed to plead guilty, the...

Iran, its proxies will meet to discuss retaliation against Israel, say sources

Top Iranian officials will meet the representatives of Iran's regional allies from Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen on Thursday to discuss potential retaliation against Israel after the killing of the Hamas...

Turkey blocks NATO-Israel cooperation over Gaza war, sources say

Turkey has blocked cooperation between NATO and Israel since October because of the war in Gaza and said the alliance should not engage with Israel as a partner until there is an end to the conflic...

US to pause $95M assistance to Georgian government over “foreign agent” law

The United States is pausing more than $95 million in assistance to Georgia over a law on "foreign agents" that Washington considers anti-democratic, dealing a further blow to already-strained rela...

Factbox: Which Hamas leaders have been sought in targeted killings?

Here is a list of Palestinian leaders and operatives targeted by Israel. Tap for the full brief.

Hamas leader’s killing in Iran fuels fears of retaliation and wider war

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated early on Wednesday morning in Iran, the Palestinian militant group and Tehran said, drawing threats of revenge on Israel in a region already shaken by t...

Israel used dogs, waterboarding on Palestinian detainees from Gaza, UN report says

Thousands of Palestinians have been forcibly removed from Gaza, sometimes from bomb shelters, and dragged into detention in Israel where some have been tortured and dozens have died, according to a...

US carries out strike in Iraq amid regional tension

The United States on Tuesday carried out a strike in Iraq that U.S. officials described as self defense, as regional tensions rose after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut that Israel said killed Hezbo...

US Army stops paying soldier imprisoned in Russia, may prosecute him

The Army has stopped paying wages and allowances to a U.S. soldier sentenced last month to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony and may prosecute him if he returns to the United States, U.S....