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...

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...