Japan on Tuesday announced the scrapping of historical prohibitions on arms exports, one day after its troops joined multinational combat drills in the Philippines for the first time.
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Last-minute ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran looked uncertain Tuesday as a two-week truce was set to expire and both countries warned that, without a deal, they were prepared to resume fighting.
Last-minute ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran looked uncertain Tuesday as a two-week truce was set to expire and both countries warned that, without a deal, they were prepared to resume fighting.
NATO intercepted Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets that flew over the Baltic Sea on Monday, a muscular display of air power on the alliance's eastern flank away from the spotlight on the Middle East.
Two female opposition lawmakers in Mauritania have been charged with insulting the president after accusing him of adopting a discriminatory attitude towards Black people and descendants of slaves in the West African nation.
An Israeli army reservist shot and killed two Palestinians near a school east of Ramallah on Tuesday morning, authorities said, in the latest episode of violence convulsing the occupied West Bank.
The Pentagon on Tuesday provided more details about the Trump administration's $1.5 trillion defense budget request for fiscal 2027, with officials calling it "a generational investment" in the U.S. military.
Senate Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a budget blueprint that will let them craft a filibuster-proof bill to provide immigration enforcement agencies with up to $70 billion to spend through the remainder of President Trump's term.
The Pentagon is scrapping the blanket mandatory flu vaccine requirement for service members.
President Trump on Tuesday strongly hinted that China is helping Iran in its war with the U.S. but downplayed the situation, saying his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping remains on solid footing.