Israeli troops exit Gaza's Shifa Hospital, leaving rubble and bodies

Israeli forces left Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Monday after a two-week operation, leaving a wasteland of destroyed buildings and Palestinian bodies scattered in the dirt. Tap for the full br...

Famine is "quite possibly" in some areas of northern Gaza, US official says

Famine is both a risk and "quite possibly" present in at least some areas in northern Gaza, a senior State Department official told Reuters on Friday, while adding that the scarcity of trucks was a...

Kyiv's top general says Ukraine needs fewer troops than expected

Ukraine's military will need to mobilize fewer people than initially expected to fend off Russia's two-year-old invasion, Kyiv's top general said on Friday. Tap for the full brief.

Latvia PM open to various ways of funding for EU forces

Latvia is open to various funding options to boost the European Union's military capabilities in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Evika Silina said at a news conference in the ...

US threatens Russia with “costs” on Evan Gershkovich arrest anniversary

President Joe Biden said on Friday the U.S. will impose costs for Russia's "appalling attempts" to use Americans as bargaining chips in a statement to mark the one-year anniversary of Wall Street J...

France to boost Olympics security with foreign troops, police amid wars, ISIS attack

France has asked about 45 foreign countries to contribute several thousand extra military, police and civilian personnel to help safeguard the Paris Olympics this summer, government sources said on...

US military says it destroyed four drones launched by Yemen's Houthis

The U.S. military said on Thursday that it had destroyed four unmanned drones launched by Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen. Tap for the full brief.

Israel hits Syria in heaviest raid on Iran proxies in months

Israel carried out its deadliest strikes in months on northern Syria's Aleppo province early on Friday and said it killed a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon, stepping up its campaign against I...

Nigeria to free 313 suspected Boko Haram insurgents for lack of evidence

Nigeria's military will free more than 300 people suspected of being part of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency after a court ruled there was no evidence they committed any crimes, a defence spokes...

Israel asks US to reschedule scrapped meeting on Rafah military plans

Israel has asked the White House to reschedule a high-level meeting on military plans for Gaza's southern city of Rafah that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had abruptly canceled, officials said ...

Poland investigating Russian espionage, security agency says

Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) has carried out searches as part of an investigation with other European security services into alleged Russian espionage, it said on Thursday. Tap for the f...

Putin discusses security cooperation with West and Central African leaders

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed security and economic cooperation with Mali's junta leader Assimi Goita by phone on Wednesday, both countries said, a day after Putin held a similar call ...

Estonia must double defense spending to counter Russia, military chief says

The head of Estonia's military said on Thursday that his country needs to double defense spending over the next two years to stockpile enough munitions to inflict a decisive defeat on any Russian i...

Ecuadorean mayors seek police protection amid spiraling violence

Forty-five mayors in Ecuador have requested police protection in the past year as violence grips the country, where 22 local officials have died in violent circumstances since 2023, the executive d...

Kremlin says silence essential for any Gershkovich prisoner exchange

The Kremlin said on Thursday complete silence was needed when it came to discussions about possible prisoner exchanges involving Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia ...