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Beirut rules out talks with Netanyahu for now, as Pakistan says Lebanon peace vital

Lebanon’s president will not speak to Israel’s prime minister in the near future, Lebanese officials said on Thursday—dealing a blow to U.S. efforts to expand contacts between the enemy states as P...

EU, NATO to deepen defense ties

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that she agreed with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to work in the coming weeks to strengthen the European Union's relationshi...

Pentagon approaches automakers, manufacturers to boost arms production

U.S. defense officials have held talks about producing weapons and other military supplies with top executives of companies—including General Motors and Ford Motor, the Wall Street Journal reported...

Russian strikes kill 17 across Ukraine in worst attack this year

Russia unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities overnight—killing at least 17 people, including a 12-year-old child, and wounding scores, in dr...

Starlink outage in drone test shows Pentagon’s reliance on SpaceX, analysts say

“If there was no Starlink, the U.S. government wouldn't have access to a global constellation of low earth orbit communications,” said Clayton Swope, a deputy director of the Aerospace Security Pro...

Ukraine further integrates drones with infantry, top general says Russian-held areas retaken

Ukraine's Defense Ministry said Wednesday it was introducing a new model of operations integrating drone warfare with infantry activity—and pointed to successes announced by its top commander in re...