President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he had a "very good talk" with Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, about the war in Gaza and reiterated his threat that "all hell is going to break out" if Hamas does not release its hostages by Jan. 20, the day Trump takes office.

As many as 30 have been “killed or wounded” in Russia’s Kursk region, Ukrainian military intelligence said, among the heaviest losses for North Korean forces yet reported.

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency and the Pentagon say some North Korean troops have been killed during combat against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region

Ukrainian troops launched an incursion into Kursk in the summer, and Kyiv said in October that 11,000 North Korea soldiers were being deployed there to help Russian forces try to retake the region. “We do assess that North Korean soldiers have engaged in combat in Kursk,

The inability to effectively communicate "remains a difficult obstacle for management and coordination of actions," Ukraine's intelligence service said.

The poor integration and ongoing communication problems between Russian and North Korean forces will likely continue to cause friction in Russian military operations in Kursk

Ukraine claimed over the weekend that North Korean troops accidentally shot at Russian vehicles in a "friendly fire" incident that left eight dead.