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Israeli fire kills 40 near Gaza aid site as UN denounces Israeli-backed system

Israeli fire killed at least 40 people, half of them near an aid distribution site operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Monday, the territory's health ministry said, as U.N. ...

US warship arrives in Australia ahead of war games, summit

A key U.S. warship arrived in Australia on Saturday ahead of joint war games and the first summit between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President Donald Trump, which is expected to be dominat...

Uganda leader signs law reintroducing military trials of civilians

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed legislation that allows military tribunals to try civilians, parliament said on Monday, a move opposition leaders said violates a Supreme Court ruling. ...

German court sentences Syrian doctor to life for torturing dissidents

A German court sentenced a Syrian doctor found guilty of torturing dissidents in Syria to life in prison on Monday, local media reported, the latest win for victims of the Assad regime under univer...

Canada, UK agree to expand defense collaboration

Canada and the United Kingdom agreed on Sunday to set up a trade working group which will submit its recommendations to the prime ministers of the respective countries within the next six months, a...

Russian aircraft intercepted over Baltic Sea, Poland says

A Russian aircraft was intercepted over the Baltic Sea by two British fighter jets on Friday after it flew two kilometers inside Polish airspace, the Polish armed forces said on Friday. Tap for the...

US aircraft carrier heads west from South China Sea amid Middle East tensions

U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz left the South China Sea on Monday morning heading west, according to data from ship tracking website Marine Traffic — after a reception for its planned port call i...

US moving mid-air refueling planes from US to Europe amid Middle East tensions

The U.S. military has moved a large number of refueling aircraft to Europe — to provide options to the White House as Middle East tensions rise, two U.S. officials told reporters Monday. Tap for th...

First person detained by Marines in LA was an Army Veteran on his way to the VA

Speaking to reporters after he was released, the civilian identified himself as Marcos Leao, 27, who said he was an Army veteran on his way to Veterans Affairs office — when he was asked to stop af...

POTUS can keep National Guard deployed to Los Angeles for now, appeals court rules

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement — temporaril...

Zelenskiy says Ukrainian troops pushing back Russian forces in Sumy

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces were gradually pushing Russian forces out of the border Sumy region, where Moscow has established a foothold in recent...

Taking lessons from Ukraine, Taiwan eyes sea drones to counter China

"Uncrewed boats or vehicles have played a very significant role in the Ukraine war," Chen Kuan-ting, a lawmaker for Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) who sits on parliament's forei...

Russia's Putin calls for quick development of drone forces

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that drones had played a major role in the conflict in Ukraine and called for the rapid development and deployment of separate drone forces within the...

US pushes for June peace deal between Rwanda and Congo

The United States is pressing for swift progress in peace negotiations between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with a senior U.S. diplomat underscoring an “extremely aggressive t...