“U.S. intelligence officials assess that Russia and China are working more closely together on military issues, including a potential invasion of Taiwan, prompting new planning across the government to counter a potential scenario in which the countries fight in coordination,” Bloomberg reports.

Turkey said late Thursday that it had halted all trade with Israel until “uninterrupted and adequate humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza,” signaling further deterioration in relations between the two countries, the New York Times reports.

“The United States has accused Russia of using chemical weapons, including poison gas, ‘as a method of warfare’ against Ukrainian forces, in violation of a global ban on the use of such weapons,” the New York Times reports.

“President Joe Biden scored a massive foreign policy win with the passage of a foreign aid bill last week that included $60 billion for Ukraine,” Politico reports. “But now, having cleared that hurdle, his team is poised to make America’s ongoing commitment to the Ukraine war less of a public

“As Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for a parade of foreign dignitaries in recent weeks, some aides to President Joe Biden took notice — and umbrage — at what they saw as the former president playing pretender-in-chief,” NBC News reports. “It’s not unusual for a party nominee to meet with