Ukrainian troops dig in after “partial success” in south, fighting rages in east

Ukrainian forces are digging in and attacking on the southern front after having "partial success" in the last day, and are weathering a big Russian assault in the east, a senior defense official s...

US, Canadian military rescuers race to find Titanic sub after hearing undersea sounds

Rescue teams were racing Wednesday to trace the origin of sounds heard from the depths of the North Atlantic in a search for a tourist submersible with five people aboard that vanished on its desce...

US judge sets August 14 trial date for Trump in Florida documents case

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon set an initial trial date of Aug. 14 in Florida on former President Donald Trump's federal charges of willful retention of classified government records and obstru...

Australians would support Taiwan with limits if China attacked, poll says

Australians would support responding to a Chinese attack on Taiwan with arms supplies,  economic sanctions or using the navy to prevent a blockade — but don't support sending troops, an opinion pol...

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...