Analysis: Russian UAV incursion in Poland raises drone defense questions for NATO

After NATO aircraft intercepted drones in Polish airspace overnight, the Western military alliance sought to reassure its citizens on Wednesday that everything had gone as it should. Tap for the fu...

Police find bolt-action rifle in manhunt for Charlie Kirk assassin

U.S. investigators said Thursday they found the bolt-action rifle they believed was used to kill the conservative activist Charlie Kirk—but were still searching for the shooter. Tap for the full br...

Israel strikes Yemen's Sanaa

Israel struck the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday, Houthi-run Al Masirah TV said, in an attack that witnesses said targeted the Houthi defense ministry. Tap for the full brief.

Israel vows to kill Hamas leaders next time if they survived Qatar attack, official says

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Aid flotilla for Gaza reports second drone attack on boat at Tunisian port

The Global Sumud Flotilla, an international aid initiative to deliver vital supplies to Gaza, said on Wednesday that one of its boats was attacked by a drone at a Tunisian port, the second such str...

Princeton researcher Tsurkov released from militia captivity in Iraq

An Israeli-Russian graduate student from Princeton University in New Jersey who was kidnapped by a Shiite militia in Iraq in 2023 has been released from captivity and is now in U.S. custody, the st...

Eight people hurt in explosion at South Korea military base, Yonhap says

An explosion at a South Korean military base in a region near the border with North Korea has injured eight people, the Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. Tap for the full brief.

ISWAP group escalates attacks on Niger civilians, rights group says

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Australia to spend $1.1B on “Ghost Shark” undersea drone fleet

Australia said it will spend A$1.7 billion ($1.1 billion) on a fleet of "Ghost Shark" autonomous undersea vehicles, developed by its defense force and U.S. startup Anduril Industries, for surveilla...

Singapore military to buy P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft

The order is the first phase in a refresh of the Singapore Armed Forces maritime security capabilities. Tap for the full brief.

Kremlin declines to comment on Poland drone incident

The Kremlin on Wednesday declined to comment on Poland's statement that it had shot down Russian drones in Polish airspace—saying it was a matter for the defense ministry. Tap for the full brief.

“It’s not training,” SECDEF tells service members off Puerto Rico

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told sailors and Marines on a warship off Puerto Rico on Monday that they were not deployed to the Caribbean for training but instead sent to the "front lines" of ...

Escaping residents describe shelling, hunger amid siege of Sudan's al-Fashir

As the siege by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces tightens around al-Fashir, the few able to pay to escape describe living under constant shelling and negotiating violence at checkpoints to get out of a...

ISIS-linked rebels with machetes, guns kill over 50 at funeral in east Congo

Allied Democratic Forces rebels with machetes and guns killed more than 50 civilians at a funeral in east Congo, the latest big attack by the Islamic State-linked group, officials said. Tap for the...

Poland closing Belarus border due to Russia-led military exercises, PM says

Poland is closing its border with Belarus on Thursday at midnight local time as a result of Russia-led military exercises taking place in Belarus, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday, amid e...