Czech army still has more to provide Ukraine, defense minister says

The Czech army still has equipment in its stores to provide to Ukraine, Defense Minister Jana Cernochova said Tuesday. Tap for more details.

Germany plans to buy 60 Chinook helicopters, source says

Germany aims to purchase 60 Chinook helicopters from Boeing in a package that would cost up to 8 billion euros ($8.71 billion), a parliamentary source told Reuters on Friday. Tap for more details.

Eyeing Russia, Germany says it is ready to keep troops in Lithuania permanently

Berlin is ready to station a 4,000-strong army brigade in Lithuania permanently — in coordination with NATO defense planning following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the German defense minister said...

Putin praises Russian troops for putting down mutiny as Prigozhin jet reaches Belarus

President Vladimir Putin praised members of Russia's military and security forces in a ceremony Tuesday — as he sought to reassert his authority following an aborted mutiny by mercenaries led by Wa...

Putin ally says Wagner advanced so fast because focus was on defending Moscow

One of President Vladimir Putin's allies said Tuesday that mutineers from the Wagner mercenary group were able to advance so fast towards Moscow because forces loyal to the state had focused on bol...

Russia's Prigozhin in his own words on the “mutiny”

Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said Monday, in his first public comments since ending a mutiny by his Wagner force Saturday, that it had been intended to register a protest over the ine...

Russian mercenaries return to bases after challenge to Putin's authority

Armed Russian mercenaries withdrew from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don under a deal halting their advance on Moscow — but raised questions on Sunday about President Vladimir Putin's gri...

Serb court orders release of three Kosovo policemen

A Serbian court ordered the release of three Kosovar policemen Monday, over a week after they were detained along the border between the two countries — easing a mounting standoff between the forme...

Israeli security chiefs brand settler attacks on Palestinians “nationalist terrorism”, vow crackdown

Israeli security chiefs on Saturday designated settler attacks on Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank as "nationalist terrorism" that merits stepped-up counter measures — and the remarks...

At least nine killed in renewed Russian strikes in Syria’s Idlib

Russian jets bombed villages and towns near the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Sunday, killing at least nine civilians and wounding dozens — in a flare-up of violence in the country's last op...

EU raises ceiling for Ukraine military aid fund by $3.8 billion

EU countries agreed Monday to increase the maximum size of a fund used to finance military aid for Ukraine by 3.5 billion euros ($3.8 billion) — raising its ceiling to over 12 billion euros. Tap fo...

Japan's military considers adopting Musk's Starlink satellite service, media reports

Japan's military is testing Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service with an eye to adopting the technology next fiscal year, the Yomiuri newspaper reported Sunday — citing unnamed governmen...

Wagner mutiny lays bare cracks in Moscow's military power, EU's Borrell says

The aborted mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group in Russia shows cracks in Moscow's military power caused by the war on Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday. Tap for more deta...

Ukraine says it advances in south, stops Russian attack in east

Ukraine's armed forces stopped a Russian attack towards the cities of Kupiansk and Lyman, and are advancing in the south, a senior Ukrainian defense official said Friday. Tap for more details.

US carrier to make third US port call in Vietnam since war amid South China Sea tension

The USS Ronald Reagan will stop at Central Vietnam's port city of Danang on Sunday — as tension with Beijing in the South China Sea remain high. Tap for more details.