A top Russian military commander was killed by a car bomb near Moscow. The attack happened just hours before US envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Zelensky at the Vatican during Pope Francis’s funeral. Following the sit-down, Trump said he did not believe President Putin was committed to peace and posted that he would be adding new sanctions on Russia. Prior to the talks with Zelensky, Trump said a peace deal was close. 

The head of the North Atlantic alliance is traveling to the US for meetings with top officials in the Donald Trump administration. Secretary General Mark Rutte is expected to push the White House not to force Ukraine into a peace deal with Russia.

The US kicked off its largest annual military drills with the Philippines on Monday, simulating a full-on war with China.

Over the past month, the Israel Defense Forces have forced many Gazans to flee their homes or shelters. However, Tel Aviv is not creating new humanitarian zones for the displaced Palestinians to shelter.

The US military launched a series of airstrikes across Yemen on Sunday, killing at least 12 people in the capital city and targeting sites in four other provinces, according to local media reports. The operations came on the heels of another round of strikes that left several dead just one day prior.

The Israeli military has increasingly opted to deploy an unmanned version of Caterpillar’s D9 bulldozers to a number of battlefields. The remotely operated systems allows the IDF to flatten areas without risking additional troops.