Russia says it is working on removing Taliban from its terrorist list

Russia said Tuesday it had important matters to discuss with Afghanistan's Taliban leaders and was working to remove the Taliban from its list of banned terrorist organizations. Tap for the full br...

Explainer: What are the security deals Ukraine is signing with allies?

Finland on Wednesday became the eighth NATO member to sign a 10-year agreement on security cooperation with Ukraine, pledging to keep up its long-term support as the 25-month full-scale war with Ru...

UN Observers Wounded in Southern Lebanon

Three UN observers and one Lebanese translator were wounded in southern Lebanon after a shell exploded nearby on the morning of Mar. 30, 2024. Tap for the full brief.

Israel airstrike on Gaza kills seven working for celebrity chef's NGO

Citizens from Australia, Britain and Poland were among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza on Monday, ...

Panic in Haiti's capital as gunfire fills streets

Panic set in around downtown Port-au-Prince on Monday as wild shooting filled the streets of Haiti's capital, with heavy gunfire near the national palace. Tap for the full brief.

Russia appoints Admiral Moiseev as chief of the navy

Russia has appointed Admiral Alexander Moiseev as head of the navy, the defense ministry said Tuesday. Tap for the full brief.

US anti-Muslim incidents hit record high in 2023 amid Israel-Gaza war

Reported discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians reached a record high in the U.S. in 2023, driven by rising Islamophobia and bias as the Israel-Gaza war raged late in the year,...

Germany to send Ukraine 180,000 artillery shells via Czech initiative

Germany will support Ukraine with 180,000 rounds of artillery shells as a contribution to a Czech-led plan to buy ammunition for Ukraine, with a price tag of 576 million euros ($618 million), the d...

Last USS Arizona survivor of Pearl Harbor attack dies at 102

U.S. Navy veteran Louis Conter, the last surviving crew member from the battleship USS Arizona, which was destroyed by Japanese warplanes in the attack on Pearl Harbor more than eight decades ago, ...

Iranian consulate in Damascus flattened in suspected Israeli air strike

Iran's consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus was flattened on Monday in what Syrian and Iranian media described as an Israeli air strike. Tap for the full brief.

Fighting rages across Gaza amid revival of truce talks

Israeli strikes killed 77 Palestinians in Gaza in the past 24 hours, health authorities said on Sunday, as Egypt hosted an Israeli delegation for a new round of talks in a bid to secure a truce wit...

Russia's Putin signs decree on spring military conscription

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree setting out the routine spring conscription campaign, calling up 150,000 citizens for statutory military service, a document posted on the Kreml...

Canada to train troops from Caribbean nations for Haiti mission

Canada has sent around 70 soldiers to Jamaica to train troops from Caribbean nations who are due to take part in a U.N.-authorized mission to Haiti, the Canadian defense ministry said on Saturday. ...

France to send Ukraine old armored vehicles, new missiles

France will deliver hundreds of old armored vehicles and new surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine in its war against Russia, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Sunday. Tap for the full...

Philippines to boost diplomacy and defense capability as South China Sea “countermeasures”

Countermeasures by the Philippines to China's conduct in the South China Sea will entail strengthening its defense capabilities with allies and exhausting all diplomatic measures to resolve dispute...