China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs, Chinese state media says

China, Japan and South Korea agreed to jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state media said on Monday, an assertion Seoul called "somewhat exaggerated", ...

Val Kilmer, star from “Top Gun” and “Heat” dies at 65

Val Kilmer, who starred in films such as "Top Gun," "The Doors," and "Batman Forever" while earning a reputation as a Hollywood bad boy, has died, the New York Times reported. He was 65. Tap for th...

White House says case has been closed on Signal scandal

The Trump administration sought to put the scandal over its use of the Signal messaging app behind it on Monday, calling it case closed, even as the breach provoked bipartisan criticism and opened ...

15 Gaza rescue workers killed by Israeli troops found in shallow mass grave, UN officials say

Fifteen emergency and aid workers from the Red Crescent, Palestinian Civil Defense and the United Nations have been recovered from a grave in the sand in the south of the Gaza Strip, U.N. officials...

Zelenskiy says Russia has committed over 183,000 war crimes in Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Monday for Russia to be punished for more than 183,000 alleged war crimes documented by Ukraine since Moscow's 2022 invasion, saying justice was needed to pr...

China launches military drills around Taiwan, calls its president a “parasite”

PHOTO CAPTION: Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong is seen in this screenshot taken from a video released by the Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) on April 1, 2025. Ea...

US Army withholds report on key helicopter safety system use, senators say

The U.S. Army has refused to turn over a 2024 report detailing why it has routinely failed to use a safety system known as ADS-B on helicopter flights around Reagan Washington National Airport, Rep...

Finland to exit landmines treaty, hike defense spending given Russia threat, PM says

NATO member Finland plans to quit a global convention banning anti-personnel landmines and boost defense spending to at least 3% of GDP by 2029 in response to the evolving military threat from Russ...

Spain vows to meet 2% defense spending goal “well before” 2029, no new deadline

Spain will increase its defense spending to 2% of gross domestic product "well before" an original target date of 2029, but it is not setting any specific new deadlines, Defense Minister Margarita ...

Poland charges man with spying for Russia

Prosecutors in Poland have charged a Russian-born Ukrainian man with participating in activities linked to Russian intelligence, they said Tuesday. Tap for the full brief.

Russia says it cannot accept US proposals on Ukraine

Russia cannot accept U.S. proposals to end the war in Ukraine in their current form because they do not address problems Moscow regards as having caused the conflict, a Russian diplomat said — sugg...

US threatens bombing if Iran does not make nuclear deal

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Sunday with bombing and secondary tariffs if Tehran did not come to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear program. Tap for the full brief.

Greenland's prime minister says the US will not get the island

The United States will not get Greenland, Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Sunday in a post on Facebook in response to Donald Trump's statements he wants to take control of the vast Arc...

Bodies of eight Red Crescent medics recovered in Gaza, one still missing

The bodies of eight Palestine Red Crescent medics who came under fire in Gaza just over a week ago have been recovered, though a ninth worker is still unaccounted for, the Red Cross said. Tap for t...

US judge halts deportation of Turkish student at Tufts University

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday temporarily barred the deportation of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who voiced support for Palestinians in Israel's war in Gaza and was ...