US deploying more warplanes to Middle East amid Iran tension

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reinforced U.S. military capability in the Middle East with more warplanes, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, amid a more than two-week-old U.S. bombing campaign...

Israel to seize parts of Gaza

Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza on Wednesday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by large-scale evacuat...

White House preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning an executive order that would ease rules governing exports of military equipment, and could announce it as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday, fou...

Senate committee may subpoena US Army for helicopter safety memo

The Senate Commerce Committee may subpoena the U.S. Army to obtain a report detailing why it routinely failed to use a safety system known as ADS-B on helicopter flights around Reagan Washington Na...

China concludes two-day war games around Taiwan after live fire drills

China's military concluded two-day war games around Taiwan in which it held long-range, live-fire drills in the East China Sea, marking an escalation of exercises around the island. Tap for the ful...

Congo commutes death sentences for US citizens in failed coup

The death sentences of three U.S. citizens convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year have been commuted to life imprisonment, the presidency said, ahead of...

NATO allies have pledged over $21B in aid to Ukraine in 2025, Rutte says

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Greece to spend $27B as part of multi-year defense plan

Greece aims to spend 25 billion euros ($26.99 billion) as part of a multi-year defense plan, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told parliament Wednesday. Tap for the full brief.

POTUS tells cabinet, others that Musk will leave soon

U.S. President Donald Trump has told members of his cabinet and other contacts that his billionaire ally Elon Musk will soon step back from his government role, Politico reported Wednesday — citing...

US officials object to EU buying weapons locally despite SECDEF describing Europe's "free-loading" as "PATHETIC"

U.S. officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms — amid recent moves by the European Union to limit U.S. manufacturers' participation in weapons tenders, fi...

China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs, Chinese state media says

China, Japan and South Korea agreed to jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state media said on Monday, an assertion Seoul called "somewhat exaggerated", ...

Val Kilmer, star from “Top Gun” and “Heat” dies at 65

Val Kilmer, who starred in films such as "Top Gun," "The Doors," and "Batman Forever" while earning a reputation as a Hollywood bad boy, has died, the New York Times reported. He was 65. Tap for th...

White House says case has been closed on Signal scandal

The Trump administration sought to put the scandal over its use of the Signal messaging app behind it on Monday, calling it case closed, even as the breach provoked bipartisan criticism and opened ...

15 Gaza rescue workers killed by Israeli troops found in shallow mass grave, UN officials say

Fifteen emergency and aid workers from the Red Crescent, Palestinian Civil Defense and the United Nations have been recovered from a grave in the sand in the south of the Gaza Strip, U.N. officials...

Zelenskiy says Russia has committed over 183,000 war crimes in Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Monday for Russia to be punished for more than 183,000 alleged war crimes documented by Ukraine since Moscow's 2022 invasion, saying justice was needed to pr...