Security
Poland shoots down Russian drones in its airspace; EU leaders say incursion appears ‘intentional’
Poland shot down Russian drones that violated the country's airspace early Wednesday, Polish and NATO officials said, in what some European leaders cast as an "intentional" escalation by Moscow.
Trump’s strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat raises questions about his use of military power
Within a week of Donald Trump's election, Sen. Lindsey Graham counseled the president-elect to quickly send a message to the drug cartels from the White House.
Israel launches air strikes at Hamas leaders in Qatar; warns Gaza City civilians to leave ‘or else’
Israel dramatically escalated its war on Hamas Tuesday with a stunning air strike on the Iran-backed terror group's political leadership in Qatar, a U.S. ally.
U.S. tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China
The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody and paralyzed in a hospital bed after a police beating with bricks.
Israeli strike targets Hamas leaders in U.S.-allied Qatar as they weigh Gaza ceasefire proposal
Israel struck the headquarters of Hamas' political leadership in Qatar on Tuesday as the group's top figures gathered to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Iranian regime confirms it has lost access to its stockpiles of enriched uranium
An Iranian government spokesperson confirmed Tuesday that the Islamic republic does not have access to its stockpiles of enriched uranium following its 12-day war with Israel.
Israel orders civilian evacuation of Gaza City ahead of major military takeover operation
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday ordered a widespread evacuation of Gaza City, telling civilians they must leave the area ahead of a major offensive aimed at removing Hamas fighters in the capital of the Gaza Strip.
Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills at least 21 people in line to receive pensions
A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as older people were lined up to receive their pensions on Tuesday, killing at least 21 and wounding nearly two dozen others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a regional official said.
NATO’s 5% defense mandate exposes Europe’s creative accounting
Under the terms of a new agreement, NATO members are on the hook to spend 5% of their GDP on defense. European leaders, however, are scrambling to meet -- or at least appear to meet -- the new benchmark.
Armed group linked to al Qaeda sets fuel trucks ablaze as it blockades imports to Mali
A West African armed group affiliated with al Qaeda set fire to fuel tankers in Mali over the weekend, videos showed, as the militants sought to tighten their grip on the country's economy by banning fuel imports from neighboring countries.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz tells Hamas to free Oct. 7 hostages ‘or else’
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz is warning leaders of the Hamas terror group that the largest city in the Gaza Strip faces ruin if they don't release the hostages abducted in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel.
Army awards $195 million contract as competition for augmented reality headset heats up
The Army late last week awarded a $195 million contract to the startup firm Rivet to build an artificial intelligence-powered, augmented-reality headset that proponents say will give soldiers vastly improved capabilities on the battlefield.
Shooting attack at Jerusalem bus stop kills 6, injures another 12
Palestinian attackers opened fire at a bus stop at a busy intersection in north Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and injuring another 12, according to Israeli police, emergency rescue services and local hospitals.
A Houthi drone strikes an Israeli airport in a rare hit as Israel steps up Gaza City attacks
A drone fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels breached Israel's multilayered air defenses on Sunday and slammed into the country's southern airport, the Israeli military said, blowing out glass windows, wounding one person and briefly shutting down commercial airspace.
‘Golden age’ dawns on once-isolated Kim Jong-un
Kim Jong-un's global prestige received a massive boost from his prominent profile in Beijing Wednesday, prompting experts to say North Korea's widely derided leader is enjoying new relevance.
Hegseth vows narcotics traffickers could meet same fate as Venezuelan boat destroyed by U.S. strike
Only days after President Trump announced that U.S. military forces destroyed a drug-carrying boat that had left Venezuela, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said the mission was not a "one-off" and that other narco-traffickers heading to the U.S. could be targeted.
Pentagon-funded research at colleges has aided the Chinese military, a House GOP report says
Over a recent two-year period, the Pentagon funded hundreds of projects done in collaboration with universities in China and institutes linked to that nation's defense industry, including many blacklisted by the U.S. government for working with the Chinese military, a congressional investigation has found.
Will Congress remove sanctions law on Syria?
Momentum is growing on Capitol Hill behind a bipartisan push to repeal the Caesar Act, which imposed heavy U.S. sanctions on former Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's regime and is now creating hurdles for the post-Assad government because it blocks international aid and investment from flowing into the war-torn Mideast nation.
Putin says Russia would consider Western troops in Ukraine as ‘legitimate’ military targets
Russian President Vladimir Putin said any Western troops in Ukraine would be fair targets for Russian forces, a clear warning to NATO and the U.S. as debate continues over security guarantees for Kyiv.
China’s control over rare earth metals threatens U.S. security, industry expert says
China's strategic investment in processing instead of mining rare earth metals has led to its nearly total domination of worldwide rare earth metal production, giving it leverage over the U.S., an industry expert said in the latest episode of the "Threat Status" podcast.
