(TAIPEI, Taiwan) -- One of Taiwan's few remaining diplomatic allies, the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru, has cut ties with the self-governed island in favor of Beijing. The move comes just days after Taiwan voted to elect the ruling Democratic Progressive Party candidate William Lai Ching-te, who the Chinese…
(NEW YORK) -- Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has warned that "time is running out" for Congress to pass a new funding deal for more military aid for Ukraine. The Biden Administration and House Republicans have not reached a broader funding agreement, which would include an additional $60 billion in…
(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. fighter aircraft shot down a missile fired toward an American warship from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen, U.S. military officials said. The USS Laboon was fired on in the Southern Red Sea at about 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, U.S. Central Command said on social media. "The…
Hours after a volcanic fissure opened north of an evacuated town in Iceland, a second fissure opened "just outside" the residential area, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said Sunday. The first fissure cracked open at about 8 a.m., releasing a slow-moving river of lava that inched south toward Grindavík for hours.…
While the Israeli army has gradually reduced the number of troops it has in northern Gaza, many residents and relief organizations said that part of the region had been largely isolated from humanitarian aid and is in dire need of help. "People are absolutely desperate," United Nations Relief and Works…
North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile on Sunday afternoon, Japan and South Korea said. The launch appeared to have been a shorter-range ballistic missile than those recently tested based on its flight time, Japan's Defense Ministry said. South Korean officials said the missile was launched from the Pyongyang area…
All of the Ecuador prison guards and administrative employees who were being held by inmates were released, the country’s prison agency said Saturday night. As nationwide civil unrest unfolded in Ecuador, a total of 178 employees were taken hostage on Monday in at least five different prisons, according to the…
(SOMALIA) -- Two U.S. Navy SEALs are missing off the coast of Somalia after having fallen into the water during a nighttime boarding mission on Thursday, according to two U.S. officials. The officials said that the SEALs had fallen into the water one after the other during the boarding of…
(YEMEN) -- The U.S. launched another retaliatory strike against Houthi militants in Yemen on Friday following Thursday's large-scale airstrikes, according to U.S. Central Command. The airstrike targeted a Houthi radar site and was a direct response to the launch earlier in the day of an anti-ship fired at a ship…
(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. military has unleashed large-scale retaliatory airstrikes against multiple Houthi targets in Yemen following months of attacks by the Iranian-backed militants on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, a U.S. official said Thursday. The official said that the strikes involved a mix of fighter jets and Tomahawk…
