Explainer: Why Kosovo's stand-off with Serbs goes on 15 years after statehood

15 years after Kosovo declared independence, 50,000 minority Serbs in the north bordering Serbia still refuse to recognize state institutions, receive pay and benefits from Serbia's budget and pay ...

Serbia orders army to Kosovo border after protest clashes

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic placed the country's army on full combat alert and ordered its units to move closer to the border with Kosovo, the Tanjug news agency reported Friday. Tap for mor...

Iran says it successfully tested new missile with 1,200 mile range

Iran successfully test-launched a ballistic missile with a potential 2,000km range Thursday, state media said — two days after the chief of Israel's armed forces raised the prospect of "action" aga...

Azerbaijan, Armenia could sign peace deal at Europe summit, says Azeri envoy to France

Azerbaijan and Armenia could sign a peace settlement in their decades-old conflict over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh when their leaders meet at a European summit next week, Baku's envoy to Fra...

Russian politicians call for self-defense units after Belgorod incursion

A cross-border raid into Russia from Ukraine this week has fueled calls for Moscow to allow local self-defense units to be armed — with one lawmaker suggesting a new military border command structu...

Germany extends Mali military mission for one last year

Germany extended its military mission in Mali for one final year Friday — as Berlin aims to wind up a decade-old mission hampered by disputes with the ruling Bamako junta and Russian forces. Tap fo...

US debt default would hurt military readiness and morale, says top US general

A debt default would deal significant, unambiguous damage to US national security, negatively impacting military readiness, morale and its capabilities, the top US general told a news conference Th...

Libya govt says it conducted air strikes in western areas

Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU) said it had conducted air strikes against smuggling networks Thursday — with blasts hitting a western city home to armed factions that have backed a rival...

Swedish foreign minister says goal is to join NATO by July

Sweden still hopes to be a member of NATO by the time of the alliance's summit in Vilnius in July, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said Friday. Tap for more details.

Analysis: NATO struggles in the shadows to find new leader

The race for a new NATO secretary-general is heating up. Tap for more details.

Leader of cross-border raid tells Russia to expect more incursions

PHOTO CAPTION: Members of the Russian Volunteer Corps are seen, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the Russian border, in Ukraine May 24, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi     By Vitalii Hnidy...

Moscow signs deal to put nuclear weapons in Belarus, stay under Russian control

Russia and Belarus signed a deal Thursday to formalize the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear missiles on Belarusian territory — a step Moscow said was driven by rising tensions with the West. ...

Top Air Force general tapped to become Joint Chiefs chair

President Joe Biden picked U.S. Air Force chief General Charles Q. Brown as the top U.S. military officer, the White House said Wednesday — elevating a former fighter pilot with experience in the P...

Ukraine says Russian soldiers replace Wagner units in Bakhmut outskirts

Russia has replaced Wagner private military units with regular troops in the outskirts of Bakhmut but the group's fighters remain inside the devastated city, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna...

SKorea, US hold largest live-fire drills to respond to “full-scale” attack

South Korean and U.S. forces began live-fire exercises simulating a "full-scale attack" from North Korea on Thursday — in what they said were the biggest such drills to demonstrate their ability ag...