Libyan Army Chief of Staff Mohammad Ali Ahmed al-Haddad and seven others died when their plane crashed shortly after takeoff near Ankara, Turkey.

The head of an alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger says the launch of a joint battalion “must be followed by large-scale operations in the coming days."

A former close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that immediately following the October 2023 Hamas attack that triggered Israel’s two-year war in Gaza, the Israeli leader instructed him to figure out how the premier could evade responsibility for the security breach.

Russia's State Investigative Committee said that when two police officers approached a man who was acting strangely, they were killed by an explosive device.

U.S. Southern Command said in a statement late on Monday that a strike "at the direction" of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Eastern Pacific hit a vessel and killed one man it alleged to be a "narco-terrorist.

Pope Leo said on Tuesday (December 23) that he feels "great sadness" that Russia did not agree to a Christmas ceasefire in its nearly four-year old war with Ukraine. Will Central African Republic's crypto embrace endanger state assets?

The Food and Drug Administration has issued an expanded warning about more frozen shrimp sold at retailers like Price Chopper, Albertsons and Safeway for possible radioactive chemical contamination. The FDA initiated the first recall in an Aug.

The town of Siversk had served as a stronghold in the portion of eastern Donetsk still under Ukrainian control. Moscow wants Kyiv to surrender the town as part of a peace deal.