US and Philippines launch joint army drills with 5,000 soldiers

Soldiers from the Philippine and the U.S. armies began three weeks of joint military exercises on Monday, with drills focused on territorial defense and commanding large-scale deployments of forces...

Netherlands wants to double army personnel, NOS reports

The Netherlands wants to increase its army personnel from 74,000 to 200,000, with a special focus on enlarging the reservist capacity, Dutch public broadcaster NOS said, citing sources close to the...

Australia to speed up $1B in defense spending in budget, says defense minister

Australia will bring forward A$1 billion in defense spending in Tuesday's federal budget to boost its military capability, including guided weapons manufacture, an AUKUS submarine base and a frigat...

Israel's security cabinet approves “normalization” for 13 West Bank settlements

Israel's security cabinet approved a plan to separate 13 Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank from their neighboring communities, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Sunday. Tap ...

POTUS awards Boeing much-needed win with F-47 fighter jet contract

U.S. President Donald Trump awarded Boeing on Friday the contract to build the U.S. Air Force's most sophisticated fighter jet yet, dubbed the F-47, handing the company a much-needed win. Tap for t...

Judge stops Musk's team from “unbridled access” to Social Security private data

A federal judge said on Thursday the Social Security Administration likely violated privacy laws by giving tech billionaire Elon Musk's aides "unbridled access" to the data of millions of Americans...

At least 91 killed in Gaza as Israel abandons ceasefire, orders evacuation

At least 91 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday after Israel resumed bombing and ground operations, the enclave's health ministry said, effectively dit...

European military powers work on 5-to-10-year plan to replace US in NATO, FT reports

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Taliban releases American citizen after talks with US

The Taliban on Thursday freed an American citizen detained in Afghanistan for over two years following direct talks between U.S. hostage envoy Adam Boehler and Taliban officials in Kabul, a source ...

Germany confiscates tanker belonging to Russian “shadow fleet,” Spiegel reports

Germany has confiscated a decrepit tanker found adrift off its northern coast in January that is believed to be part of a shadow fleet used by Russia to circumvent oil sanctions, the Spiegel news m...

Congo rebels dismiss ceasefire calls, capture strategic town

The leader of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo said on Thursday that a call by Kinshasa and Kigali for an immediate ceasefire "doesn't concern us" as his forces pushed deeper into Congole...

Sudanese army says it has control of presidential palace in Khartoum

The Sudanese army seized full control of the presidential palace in downtown Khartoum on Friday, it said in a statement, in what would be a major gain in a two-year-old conflict with a rival armed ...

US approves precision rocket sale to Saudi Arabia amid Houthi conflict

The U.S. State Department has approved what would be the first sale of advanced precision kill weapon systems to Saudi Arabia for an estimated cost of $100 million, the Pentagon said on Thursday. T...

North Korea's Kim oversees test-fire of surface-to-air missiles

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of the country's latest anti-aircraft missile system on Thursday, state media KCNA reported, as some experts said Pyongyang was probably gett...

Analysis: In Israel, reservist burnout and little public appetite for more war in Gaza

Israel has warned that its latest onslaught in Gaza is "just the beginning" as its forces pound the enclave with airstrikes and launch new ground operations. But a return to a ground war could prov...