SKorea environmental impact review clears way for US missile defense system

A South Korean environmental impact assessment of a U.S. missile defense system found "insignificant" electromagnetic radiation relative to safety standards, the defense ministry said Wednesday — c...

Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village after deadly Hamas strike

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian towns in the occupied West Bank overnight Tuesday — torching buildings and cars in retaliation for the killing of four Israelis by Hamas outside a settlement t...

Moldova bans pro-Russian Shor party after months of protests

Moldova's Constitutional Court on Monday banned the pro-Russian Shor party that has led months of protests and is headed by an exiled businessman accused by the West and the government of trying to...

Two local officials in northeast Syria killed by Turkish drone, Kurdish authorities say

Two local civilian officials and their driver were killed in Syria's Kurdish-run northeast Tuesday — when their car was targeted in a Turkish drone strike, regional Kurdish authorities said. Tap fo...

Ugandan troops rescue three students kidnapped by Islamist fighters, army says

The Ugandan military rescued three of the six students who were kidnapped by Islamist fighters — when they stormed a school in the west of the country last week and massacred 42 people, mostly stud...

China plans a new military training facility in Cuba, WSJ reports

China and Cuba are negotiating to establish a new joint military training facility on the island, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Tap for more details.

Ukrainian artillerymen praise US howitzers outside Russian-held town

The artillerymen of Ukraine's 67th infantry brigade said they are delighted with the U.S.-supplied M119 howitzer amid fighting south of the Russian-held town of Kreminna. Tap for more details.

NATO meeting fails to approve first defense plans since Cold War

NATO defense ministers failed Friday to reach agreement over new plans on how the alliance would respond to a Russian attack — and one diplomat blamed Turkey for blocking them. Tap for more details.

Pentagon leak suspect Teixeira to appear in court Wednesday

The U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking top-secret military intelligence records online will appear in a federal court in Massachusetts on Wednesday for his arraignment, a court notice s...

Britain to help Ukraine expand its cyber defenses

Britain said Sunday it would expand its program to help Ukraine's cyber defenses as it launches a counter-offensive against Russia. Tap for more details.

Germany only has 20,000 high explosive artillery shells left, Der Spiegel reports

Germany's armed forces only have around 20,000 high explosive artillery shells left, magazine Der Spiegel wrote Monday citing confidential defense ministry papers prepared to convince the budget co...

Andrew Tate formally charged in Romania with human trafficking, rape

Romanian prosecutors sent social media influencer Andrew Tate, his brother Tristan and two other suspects to trial Tuesday on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexua...

US to send satellite data to Canada to help detect wildfires

The U.S. Department of Defense began sending real-time satellite and sensor data to Canadian authorities Friday, technology it said would help more quickly identify new fires as that nation endures...

Ukraine says eight villages retaken from Russian forces in two weeks

Ukraine said Monday it had driven Russian forces from an eighth village in a fortified part of the front line on the most direct route to the country's Azov Sea coast. Tap for more details.

Uganda sends more troops to chase Islamist fighters who killed 37 students

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday ordered more troops to western Uganda where attackers from a group with Islamic State group ties killed at least 37 students. Tap for more details.