A ceasefire agreement between Syria's government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces appeared to collapse Monday, just one day after it was signed. Fighting erupted around two prisons holding Islamic State militants in northeastern Syria, and an unknown number of IS detainees escaped amid the chaos. The clashes
North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Sunday, its first such test in two months, just hours before South Korean President Lee Jae Myung departed for China for a summit with President Xi Jinping. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said
China's military began large-scale exercises around Taiwan on Monday, deploying army, naval, air force and rocket force units in what Beijing called a "stern warning" against Taiwanese independence movements and foreign powers that might intervene on the island's behalf. The drills mark the first
Libya’s Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, and four other senior military officials died in a plane crash near the Turkish capital Ankara yesterday according to government announcements. The Dassault Falcon 50 business jet carrying al-Haddad and colleagues lost radio contact shortly after takeoff
A Russian general was killed Monday morning when an explosive device detonated beneath his car in southern Moscow, marking the third assassination of a senior military officer in just over a year. Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff,
Two gunmen opened fire on a crowd gathered for a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, killing 15 people and wounding at least 40 others in what Australian authorities have declared a terrorist attack targeting the country's Jewish community. The assault on the
Russia carried out one of its largest combined attacks of the war overnight into Saturday, launching 653 drones and 51 missiles at targets across Ukraine in a barrage that struck energy facilities, residential buildings and railway infrastructure in multiple regions. The assault, which occurred on Ukraine's Armed Forces
President Patrice Talon announced Sunday evening that Benin's government and armed forces had thwarted an attempted coup by a group of soldiers, vowing to punish those responsible for what he called "treachery." Talon's televised address came approximately 12 hours after gunfire rang out in
Chinese military aircraft locked their fire-control radar on Japanese fighter jets on two separate occasions Saturday over international waters near Okinawa, marking the first such incident between the two nations' air forces and the most serious military confrontation between Tokyo and Beijing in years. Japan's Defense Ministry
Super Typhoon Fung-wong, locally called Uwan, made landfall on the northeastern coast of Luzon on the night of Nov. 9, 2025, bringing sustained winds of about 185 kph (115 mph) and gusts reaching 230 kph. Forecast agencies said the storm’s wind and rain field was wide enough to cover
A Russia-based cybercrime group known as Lynk has posted files stolen from Dodd Group, a contractor to the UK Ministry of Defence, including sensitive material related to eight RAF and Royal Navy bases and staff information. The incident underscores a widening trend in which state-aligned or Russia-based criminal actors target
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it intends to target vessels tied to U.S. oil majors, including Exxon Mobil and Chevron, in nearby seas, according to a statement reported by Reuters. The group framed the move as a shift from an earlier understanding—described as a truce with the
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