President Donald Trump is stepping up U.S. military strikes on Iranian-backed terrorist groups in the Middle East as he plans to talk with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinian men in Gaza on Monday as they tried to gather firewood, medics said, with no sign of progress from renewed talks on sustaining a ceasefire deal between ...

The increase in war spending pushed the budget deficit to 6.8 per cent of GDP in 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com.