US says Arunachal Pradesh region is part of India, amid Indo-China tensions

The U.S. government recognizes Arunachal Pradesh as part of India and "strongly opposes" any unilateral attempts to advance territorial claims in the northeastern Indian state that shares a border ...

Posterchild for Russia's removal of Ukraine orphans says he was coached, threatened

A teenage orphan who became a posterchild for Moscow's deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia said he was instructed by officials to recite pro-Russian talking points for television cameras an...

Israel determined to take Rafah despite “potential breach” with US, official says

Israel will take control of Rafah even if it causes a rift with the United States, a senior Israeli official said on Thursday, describing the Gazan city packed with refugees as a final Hamas bastio...

Hamas says Israeli response to its truce proposal was negative

A senior Hamas official said on Wednesday that Israel's response to the group's latest Gaza ceasefire proposal was negative after mediators handed it over. Tap for the full brief.

UN mission in Iraq probing Islamic State group crimes forced to shut down

A United Nations mission set up to help Iraq investigate alleged Islamic State genocide and war crimes is being forced to shut prematurely before it can finish its probes, following a souring of it...

US to lift Afghan visa limit under bipartisan deal

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has reached a compromise deal with Republicans in House of Representatives to lift the number of resettlement visas for Afghans who worked for the United S...

Texas border enforcement law blocked in latest legal clash

A Republican-backed Texas law that would empower law enforcement authorities in the state to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border was blocked again late on Tuesday b...

UN says Russia consolidates control of occupied Ukraine with “climate of fear”

Russia is illegally consolidating its control over occupied Ukrainian territory by creating a "climate of fear" with practices such as arbitrary detention, killings and torture, the head of a U.N. ...

Canada upholds freeze on new arms export permits to Israel

Canada has not approved new arms exports permits to Israel since Jan. 8 and this freeze will continue until Ottawa can ensure the weapons are used properly, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on We...

US Air Force says it conducted successful hypersonic weapon test

The U.S. Air Force said on Tuesday it had conducted a successful test of an air-launched hypersonic weapon in the Pacific Ocean. Tap for the full brief.

Analysis: US strains with Israel show as Blinken tours Middle East

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, launching a tour of the Middle East to try to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza war as increasing strain showed in Washingt...

Netanyahu rejects US plea to call off Rafah assault

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spurned a plea from Joe Biden to call off a planned ground assault of Rafah, the last refuge in Gaza for more than a million displaced people, where Israel...

Kyiv hopes to have enough battlefield ammunition by April, PM says

Ukraine hopes to have enough ammunition for its outgunned troops to repel Russian aggression starting from April amid a Czech-led initiative to source shells for supply, Prime Minister Denys Shmyha...

Turkish soldier killed in Iraq clash, defense ministry says

A Turkish soldier was killed and four others were wounded in a clash with militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, Turkey's defense ministry said Tuesday. Tap for...

Germany arrests two over suspected Islamist plot on Swedish parliament

Germany has arrested two suspected Islamic State group members for allegedly planning an attack on the Swedish parliament in retaliation for Koran burnings in the Scandinavian country, the federal ...