African Union mediators arrive in South Sudan to try to rescue peace deal

African Union mediators arrived in South Sudan's capital Juba on Wednesday for talks aimed at averting a new civil war after First Vice President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest last week...

Judge dismisses New York mayor's corruption case

A U.S. judge dismissed corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday, even as he said the Trump administration's argument that the case should be dropped because it was hin...

Singapore detains two teenagers, one over plan to shoot mosques, other planned to join Islamic State group

Singapore used an internal security law against two teenagers separately, one over plans to attack mosques and the other for wanting to fight in Syria alongside Islamic State militants, authorities...

Senate GOP budget seeks $5T debt hike, boosts military and border enforcement

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Budget Committee released its budget blueprint for enacting President Donald Trump's tax cut agenda on Wednesday, with lawmakers saying they aimed to vote on t...

POTUS tariffs surprise markets, S&P futures drop

S&P 500 futures reversed gains and fell to a 1.6% loss, suggesting investors expect deep losses when Wall Street opens on Thursday. Nasdaq futures, reflecting tech companies such as Apple, Nvid...

US deploying more warplanes to Middle East amid Iran tension

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reinforced U.S. military capability in the Middle East with more warplanes, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, amid a more than two-week-old U.S. bombing campaign...

Israel to seize parts of Gaza

Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza on Wednesday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by large-scale evacuat...

White House preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning an executive order that would ease rules governing exports of military equipment, and could announce it as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday, fou...

Senate committee may subpoena US Army for helicopter safety memo

The Senate Commerce Committee may subpoena the U.S. Army to obtain a report detailing why it routinely failed to use a safety system known as ADS-B on helicopter flights around Reagan Washington Na...

China concludes two-day war games around Taiwan after live fire drills

China's military concluded two-day war games around Taiwan in which it held long-range, live-fire drills in the East China Sea, marking an escalation of exercises around the island. Tap for the ful...

Congo commutes death sentences for US citizens in failed coup

The death sentences of three U.S. citizens convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year have been commuted to life imprisonment, the presidency said, ahead of...

NATO allies have pledged over $21B in aid to Ukraine in 2025, Rutte says

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Greece to spend $27B as part of multi-year defense plan

Greece aims to spend 25 billion euros ($26.99 billion) as part of a multi-year defense plan, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told parliament Wednesday. Tap for the full brief.

POTUS tells cabinet, others that Musk will leave soon

U.S. President Donald Trump has told members of his cabinet and other contacts that his billionaire ally Elon Musk will soon step back from his government role, Politico reported Wednesday — citing...

US officials object to EU buying weapons locally despite SECDEF describing Europe's "free-loading" as "PATHETIC"

U.S. officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms — amid recent moves by the European Union to limit U.S. manufacturers' participation in weapons tenders, fi...