Netanyahu slams tactical pauses in Gaza fighting to get in aid

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized plans announced by the military on Sunday to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into Gaza to facilitate aid deli...

Putin clears out deputy defense ministers, appoints relative

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday sacked four deputy defense ministers and appointed a relative, Anna Tsivileva, to fill one of the vacancies. Tap for the full brief.

Eight Israeli soldiers killed as fighting continues in Rafah

Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, the military said, as forces continued to push in and around the southern city of Rafah and strikes hit several areas of G...

Russia in contact with US over possible swap for WSJ reporter Gershkovich, Kremlin says

Russia's espionage trial of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who denies charges of collecting secrets for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), will be held behind closed do...

Thousands of Rohingya feared trapped in fighting in western Myanmar

Tens of thousands of Muslim minority Rohingya are feared to be caught in fighting in western Myanmar, as a powerful armed ethnic group bears down on junta positions in a coastal town on the border ...

Netanyahu disbands his inner war cabinet, Israeli official says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said on Monday, in a widely expected move that came after the departure from government of th...

Israeli jets strike targets in Lebanon after missile barrage hits northern areas

Israeli jets and artillery hit targets in southern Lebanon on Friday after dozens of missiles were launched towards northern Israel, the military said as an escalation in cross-border strikes conti...

US imposes sanctions on Israeli group that attacked Gaza aid

Washington imposed sanctions on an Israeli group on Friday for attacking humanitarian aid convoys bound for starving civilians in Gaza, U.S. officials told Reuters, in the latest move targeting act...

Putin demands more Ukrainian land to end war, Kyiv rejects “ultimatum”

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Moscow, demands Ky...

US attack sub, Canada navy patrol ship arrive in Cuba on heels of Russian warships

A Canadian navy patrol ship sailed into Havana early on Friday, just hours after the United States announced a fast-attack submarine had docked at its Guantanamo naval base on Cuba, both vessels on...

US to step back, NATO to take greater role in coordinating military aid for Kyiv, says Stoltenberg

NATO will assume a greater role in coordinating arms supplies to Ukraine, the alliance said on Friday, taking over from the United States in a bid to safeguard the process as NATO-sceptic Donald Tr...

Finland will host a NATO land command and troops

Finland will host a new land command unit of the NATO military alliance, Minister of Defense Antti Hakkanen told reporters on Friday following a meeting of the alliance in Brussels. Tap for the ful...

Hezbollah says it attacked nine Israeli military sites with rockets, drones

Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Thursday it had launched rockets and weaponized drones at nine Israeli military sites in a coordinated attack, ramping up hostilities on Lebanon's southern border for th...

Israeli forces advance deeper into Rafah as diplomacy falters

Israeli tanks advanced deeper into the western area of Rafah, amid one of the worst nights of bombardment from air, ground, and sea, forcing many families to flee their homes and tents under darkne...

Armenia to leave Russia-led security bloc CSTO, says PM

Armenia will leave a Russia-led security bloc, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed Wednesday for the first time, accusing members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization of having plann...