Israel to suspend aid to Holocaust survivors, families of fallen soldiers, wounded soldiers in 2025 budget

Per an article in The Times of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet met Thursday to deliberate the 2025 state budget — which allocates substantial increases to defense spending while...

US secured release of pastor from China with trade for Chinese citizen, Politico reports

The United States secured the release of American pastor David Lin from China last month in exchange for a Chinese citizen, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the dea...

Israel breaks up another Iran spy ring, security services say

Israeli security forces have broken up a suspected spy ring inside Israel that was working on behalf of Iranian intelligence - the latest such espionage group in weeks to be announced, the Shin Bet...

Poland prepares for talks on buying over 100 HIMARS rocket launchers

Poland is preparing to start talks on ordering over 100 HIMARS rocket launchers under a framework agreement with U.S. arms maker Lockheed Martin Corporation, a senior military official in the easte...

Zelenskiy hints Ukraine seeking Tomahawk missiles from US

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy strongly suggested in a video released on Wednesday that Kyiv has requested supplies of long-range U.S. Tomahawk missiles, as he made critical remarks about ...

Canada would have to double defense spending by 2032-33 to meet NATO target, watchdog says

Canada would have to double current defense spending by fiscal 2032-33 to achieve its stated goal of meeting NATO targets, an increase that could violate fiscal anchors put in place last year to co...

Hezbollah attack kills five in northern Israel as US envoys push truce

A Hezbollah attack on northern Israel's Metula killed five people including an Israeli farmer and four foreign workers, Israel's Channel 12 said on Thursday, while Beirut said Israeli strikes had k...

Finland detects satellite navigation jamming and spoofing in Baltic Sea

Finland's Coast Guard said it has detected constant disturbances to satellite navigation signals in the Baltic Sea since April and in recent weeks has seen tankers spoofing their location data to c...

US cracks down on Russia sanctions evasion

The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday on hundreds of targets in fresh action against Russia, a signal the U.S. will continue to counter evasion of its measures imposed over Moscow's inva...

Ukraine names North Korean generals it says are with troops in Russia

The Ukrainian government has named three North Korean generals it says are accompanying the thousands of Korean People's Army troops deployed to Russia in aid of Moscow's war in Ukraine. Tap for th...

US steps up pressure on Israel over Gaza as military aid deadline looms

Israel is not addressing the "catastrophic humanitarian crisis" in Gaza, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Tuesday as a deadline imposed by Washington looms for Israel to improve the sit...

US drafting proposal for 60-day truce in Lebanon, sources say

U.S. mediators are working on a proposal to halt hostilities between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, starting with a 60-day ceasefire, two sources said on Wednesday, but Israel pressed i...

Austria says eight of its UNIFIL troops in Lebanon wounded in rocket attack

Eight Austrian soldiers belonging to the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) sustained superficial injuries in a rocket strike on the force's headquarters in Naqoura, Austria's Defense Mini...

SKorea weighs sending team to Ukraine to monitor NKorean troops

South Korea is considering sending a team of military monitors to Ukraine to observe and analyze the expected deployment of North Korean troops by Russia on the frontlines of the conflict there, a ...

Australia to ramp up missile production

Australia said it was boosting its missile defense capability amid "significant concerns" about China's test of an ICBM in the South Pacific, and will bolster weapons stockpiles and exports to secu...