Putin's suggestion of Ukraine ceasefire rejected by United States, sources say

Russian President Vladimir Putin's suggestion of a ceasefire in Ukraine to freeze the war was rejected by the United States after contacts between intermediaries, three Russian sources with knowled...

US Defense Secretary Austin released from hospital

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from a military hospital on Tuesday and will attend a Ukraine-related virtual meeting the next day, the Pentagon said, as the Pentagon chief struggl...

Ukraine says it sank Russian landing warship in Black Sea

Ukraine destroyed a Russian landing warship off the coast of occupied Crimea in an operation with naval drones that breached the vessel's port side on Wednesday and caused it to sink, Kyiv's milita...

Germany hits 2% NATO spending target for first time since end of Cold War

Germany has met a NATO alliance target to spend 2% of its gross domestic product on defence for the first time since the early 1990s, a defense ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday, as spending ...

Truce talks open in Cairo as Gazans brace for Israeli assault on Rafah

Officials from the United States, Egypt, Israel and Qatar were meeting in Cairo on Tuesday to try to agree a truce in Gaza as international calls grew for Israel to hold back on its planned assault...

Germany's Scholz pledges to meet 2% NATO spending target

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday said defence companies could count on his government ramping up military spending and that it would meet its commitment to spend 2% of GDP on NATO defense. T...

Russian-Canadian woman pleads guilty in US to sending Russia military components

A Canadian-Russian woman on Monday pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to money laundering conspiracy for her role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to send drone and missile components to Russia for mili...

Ukraine's Zelenskiy fleshes out rebooted military team

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced five senior military appointments on Saturday, filling out a rebooted team after he named Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi this week as the new ar...

Myanmar junta enforces mandatory military service

Myanmar's junta made military service mandatory for all young men and women, state media said, as it struggles to contain armed rebel forces fighting for greater autonomy in various parts of the co...

Ukraine says Russia buying Starlink terminals via third party “Arab countries”

Russian forces are buying Starlink satellite internet terminals in "Arab countries" for use on the battlefield, Ukraine's military spy agency said on Tuesday. Tap for the full brief.

US Defense Secretary Austin in critical care, transfers duties to deputy

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has canceled a trip to Brussels where he was set to take part in meetings with other NATO defense ministers, a U.S. official said on Monday, after the Pentagon c...

Trump says he would not defend NATO allies who do not meet defense spending goals

Former U.S. President Donald Trump raised a storm of criticism from the White House and top Western officials for suggesting he would not defend NATO allies who failed to spend enough on defense an...

Kremlin denies its troops use Elon Musk's Starlink

The Kremlin said on Monday that Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet system was neither certified for use in, nor officially supplied to, Russia, and therefore could not be used. Tap for the ful...

Dutch court orders halt to export of F-35 jet parts to Israel

A Dutch court on Monday ordered the government to block all exports of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel over concerns they were being used to violate international law during the war in Gaza. Tap f...

Japan to pledge $106M in aid to Ukraine, Kyodo News reports

Japan will pledge 15.8 billion yen ($106 million) in aid to Ukraine at a conference to be held in Tokyo on Feb. 19, Kyodo News reported on Sunday, citing unidentified sources. Tap for the full brief.