Iraqi armed groups dial down US attacks on request from Iranian Quds force commander

A visit by the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force to Baghdad has led to a pause in attacks on U.S. troops by Iran-aligned groups in Iraq, multiple Iranian and Iraqi sources told Reuters, saying i...

Russia using thousands of SpaceX Starlink terminals in Ukraine, WSJ reports

Russian troops in Ukraine are using thousands of Starlink satellite communications terminals made by Elon Musk's SpaceX, the Ukrainian military intelligence chief told the Wall Street Journal in an...

Germany to provide $1.22B military package to Ukraine

As part of a security agreement signed between Germany and Ukraine, Berlin has prepared a further military support package worth 1.13 billion euros ($1.22 billion) that is focused on air defence an...

Israel bombards Gaza, with biggest functioning hospital under siege

Gaza's largest functioning hospital was under siege on Friday in Israel's war with Islamist group Hamas, leaving patients and doctors helpless in the chaos, as warplanes struck Rafah, the last refu...

Ecuador ratifies military cooperation agreements with US

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa on Thursday ratified two military cooperation agreements with the United States, including one for joint naval operations, amid a security offensive against crimina...

Belgian PM backs EU bonds to boost defense spending

Joint European Union borrowing could help fund higher defense spending but governments would still have to make tough political choices to sustain it, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said....

Putin opponent Alexei Navalny dies in Arctic jail, Russia says

Alexei Navalny, Russia's most famous opposition leader, died on Friday after collapsing and losing consciousness at the penal colony north of the Arctic Circle where he was serving a jail term, the...

US tells Congress, allies about Russian space and nuclear capabilities, source says

The United States has told Congress and allies in Europe about new intelligence related to Russian nuclear capabilities that could pose an international threat, a source briefed on the matter told ...

Biden slashes F-35 jet order 18% in 2025 budget request, sources say

U.S. President Joe Biden wants an 18% cut in the number of F-35 jets the Pentagon buys next year after Congress' cap on the size of the upcoming defense budget compelled the administration to find ...

Houthis vow more attacks, say it is in solidarity with Palestinians

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis will press on with attacks on Red Sea shipping in solidarity with the Palestinians as long as Israel continues to commit "crimes" against them, their leader said on Thur...

Ukraine says it is withdrawing some troops in Avdiivka to more secure positions

Ukraine is conducting a maneuver in some areas of the embattled town of Avdiivka to withdraw troops to "more advantageous positions" and in other places is trying to push out Russian troops, milita...

Brazil beefs up its military presence in the Amazon

Border tensions over Guyana's Esequibo and the humanitarian crisis among the Yanomami Indigenous people have led Brazil's army to increase its forces in the Amazon by 10% ahead of plan, the militar...

What is the space-based nuclear weapon the US says Russia is developing?

What is the space-based nuclear weapon that the United States has warned Congress and allies in Europe that Russia could use against the West's satellites? Tap for the full brief.

Gaza truce talks end inconclusively as Rafah braces for Israeli assault

Talks involving the U.S., Egypt, Israel and Qatar on a Gaza truce ended without a breakthrough on Tuesday as calls grew for Israel to hold back on a planned assault on the southern end of the encla...

Armenian soldiers killed by Azerbaijani fire in biggest skirmish since exodus

Armenia said on Tuesday that four of its soldiers were killed by Azerbaijani fire along the two countries' heavily militarized border, the first fatal incident since they began negotiating a deal t...