US aid will boost Ukraine, but doubts remain over 2025 supplies

The Biden administration wants to start moving weapons and equipment into Ukraine within days of the anticipated passage this week of legislation that includes $60 billion in military aid to Kyiv, ...

Global military spending climbed 7% in 2023 amid conflicts, think-tank SIPRI says

Global military expenditure grew 7% to $2.43 trillion in 2023, the steepest annual rise since 2009 as international peace and security deteriorated, a leading think-tank said on Monday. Tap for the...

Germany arrests three people suspected of giving technology to China

Three Germans have been arrested on suspicion of working with the Chinese secret service to hand over technology that could be used for military purposes, potentially helping strengthen China's nav...

Explainer: What is the Israeli Netzah Yehuda battalion accused of?

Israeli leaders said they will fight against sanctions being imposed on any Israeli military units for alleged human rights abuses after media reports said Washington was planning its first sanctio...

Tehran signals no retaliation against Israel after drones attack Iran

Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that ...

Blinken says US not involved in "any offensive operations" when asked about Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken repeatedly declined to confirm a reported Israeli attack on Iran on Friday, saying Washington has not been involved in any offensive operations and it was com...

Putin to hold talks with Azerbaijan's Aliyev as Russian troops leave Karabakh

President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on April 22, the Kremlin said on Friday. Tap for the full brief.

Kosovo says 10 of its police officers detained in Serbia

Kosovo said 10 off-duty police officers were detained on Wednesday in Serbia for questioning, including a deputy police commander, while passenger buses using Serbian territory as transit were halt...

Russian, Tajik troops stage counter-terror drills

Troops from Russia and Tajikistan on Thursday completed several days of joint exercises in the Central Asian country to rehearse scenarios for cross-border incursions by militants or illegal armed ...

Ukraine downs Russian strategic bomber after airstrike kills eight, Kyiv says

Ukraine shot down a Russian strategic bomber 300 km (185 miles) from its border on Friday after the warplane took part in an airstrike that killed at least eight people, including two children, in ...

Russia tightens officials' travel rules due to fears over secrets, sources say

Russia is making overseas travel harder for some officials due to fears that foreign powers may try to gain access to state secrets during the worst crisis in relations with the West for more than ...

Polish president meets privately with Trump in New York

Polish President Andrzej Duda said he met privately with former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during his visit to New York on Wednesday. Tap for the full brief.

Russia may be ready to attack NATO in 5-8 years, German official says

Russia could be ready militarily to attack NATO countries in five to eight years' time if it chose to do so, Germany's top military official said, once it has rebuilt its forces hit by the impact o...

In a rebel-held Myanmar town, fragile unity between factions pushes junta to the brink

Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized from the ruling junta last week, offers a glimpse of dynamics playing out across the Southeast Asian country as its vaunted mil...

Philippines, New Zealand eye forces deal, share concern over South China Sea

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon agreed on Thursday to deepen defense cooperation and expressed serious concern over the South China Sea, ...