Netanyahu says Israel will control Gaza as aid trucks prepare to enter amid pressure

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Israel would control the whole of Gaza despite mounting international pressure that forced it to lift a blockade on aid supplies which has left the ...

Syrian forces raid Islamic State group hideouts in Aleppo

Syrian security forces raided ISIS hideouts in Aleppo on Saturday and three militants were killed, authorities said — the first time the Islamist-led government has announced such an operation agai...

Mexican security forces kill 12, arrest 9 in raid on alleged gang site

Mexican security forces detained nine alleged members of a criminal group and killed 12 others in an operation in a rural part of southwestern Mexico on Saturday, Mexico's Security Ministry said. T...

US to start European troop withdrawal discussions later this year, US NATO ambassador says

The United States will begin discussions with European allies to reduce U.S. troops in Europe later this year, U.S. ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said on Friday. Tap for the full brief.

At least 20,000 flee insurgency-hit town in Nigeria, governor says

At least 20,000 people have fled Marte town following increasing attacks by Islamist militants in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, its governor has said, four years after residents returned to t...

Finland to use proceeds from frozen Russian assets to supply ammunition to Ukraine

Finland will supply 90 million euros ($101.35 million) of ammunition to Ukraine by using proceeds from Russian financial assets frozen by the European Union after Moscow's full-scale invasion in 20...

Mogadishu suicide bomber kills at least 10 at army recruitment drive

At least 10 people were killed on Sunday after a suicide bomber targeted a queue of young recruits registering at the Damanyo military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Reuters, ...

EU countries agree on big defense fund, diplomat says

EU countries have in principle agreed on the proposals for a 150 billion euro $168.3B (150 billion euro) fund aimed at boosting Europe's defense, known as Security Action for Europe (SAFE), an EU d...

Estonian PM vows to keep up checks on Russia's “shadow fleet”

Estonia will keep checking Russian "shadow fleet" vessels, Prime Minister Kristen Michal told Reuters on Sunday, days after Russia deployed a SU-35 fighter jet as Estonia attempted to alter the cou...

Russia names new head of its land forces

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Colonel General Andrei Mordvichev has led Russian troops in the battles for Mariupol and Avdiivka. Tap for the full brief.

US says it would make Gaza a “freedom zone”

President Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated his desire to take over the Gaza Strip, telling a business roundtable in Qatar that the U.S. would "make it a freedom zone" and arguing there was nothi...

Putin replaces commander of Russia's ground forces, appoints him to security council

Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced the commander of Russia's ground forces, Army General Oleg Salyukov, 69, appointing him deputy secretary of the Security Council, according to a decree...

US Senate rejects bill for transparency on El Salvador deportations

U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday defeated a Democratic resolution calling for a review of human rights in El Salvador, focusing on conditions at a maximum-security prison holding people deported...

POTUS, Army birthday ceremony to cost up to $45M, include 25 Abrams tanks

Twin celebrations of U.S. President Donald Trump's birthday and the Army's 250th anniversary will include as many as 25 tanks rolling through Washington in a celebration that will cost $25 million ...

Russia jails Australian man for 13 years for fighting on Ukraine's side

Russia has sentenced an Australian citizen to 13 years in a maximum security prison for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, state prosecutors in a part of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russia said...