Israel issues evacuation warnings in Yemen

Israel issued evacuation warnings on Wednesday for three seaports in Yemen — after saying the Iran-aligned Houthis had fired a missile towards it. Tap for the full brief.

Navy’s F-18 replacement threatened by funding dispute, sources say

The U.S. Navy and Congress are battling with the Trump administration to keep moving forward with a contract award to build the Navy's next-generation fighter jet, according three people with knowl...

US agrees to sell Saudi Arabia $142B arms package

The United States agreed on Tuesday to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion, according to a White House fact sheet that called it "the largest defense cooperation agreement" ...

Mali's military rulers formally dissolve political parties

Mali's military government announced on Tuesday that it had dissolved all political parties, approving a recommendation publicized last month that spurred unprecedented protests in the capital, Bam...

Germany arrests three suspected of spying for Russia in exploding parcel plot

Three Ukrainians have been arrested over a plot to mail exploding parcels from Germany to Ukraine, prosecutors said, putting Europe's cross-border postal network in the spotlight as a target of sus...

Militants kill five soldiers in attacks on two Nigerian bases, security sources say

Suspected insurgents killed five Nigerian soldiers in assaults on two army bases in northeastern Borno state early on Tuesday, security sources and a district official said, less than 24 hours afte...

Training aircraft from Japan's Self-Defense Force crashes in central Japan

A Self-Defense Force training aircraft crashed after taking off from a military base in central Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday, declining to elaborate further. Tap ...

Russian economy in worse shape than Moscow says, institute says

The Russian economy is in an increasingly precarious state as a result of a shift to a war mode and of Western sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, a report by the Stockholm Institute of Tr...

Netherlands to stand up first new armor unit in over a decade, agrees to buy at least 46 Leopard 2A8

The Dutch government said Wednesday it had signed an agreement to buy at least 46 Leopard 2A8 tanks — as they form a tank unit for the first time in over a decade. Tap for the full brief.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy insists on face-to-face talks with Putin in Istanbul

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will only attend talks on Ukraine this week if Russia's Vladimir Putin is also there, an aide to the Ukrainian leader said on Tuesday, challenging the Kremlin to show ...

Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills wounded journalist

An Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed a well-known Palestinian journalist who it accused of working with Hamas and was recovering in hospital from an earlier strike, the territor...

Militants attack Nigerian army base, troops missing, sources say

Suspected Islamist militants attacked a Nigerian army base and captured soldiers and ammunition during a raid in the insurgency-hit northeastern Borno state in the early hours of Monday, two securi...

Armed clashes erupt in Libya's Tripoli after reported killing of armed group leader

Armed clashes erupted on Monday evening and gunfire has echoed in the city center and other parts of the Libyan capital Tripoli following reports that an armed group leader was killed, three reside...

Pentagon halting gender-affirming treatment for transgender troops, memo says

The Pentagon is halting gender-affirming healthcare for transgender troops as it moves to implement President Donald Trump's plan to kick them out of the U.S. military, according to a memo seen by ...

Dozens killed in attacks on Burkina army base, villages

An attack on a military base in northern Burkina Faso killed multiple soldiers, while a separate assault in the south left dozens of civilians dead, sources told Reuters on Monday, underscoring spi...