Taiwan deploys US-made HIMARS rockets in annual drills

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Sweden eyes extending military officers' conscription age to 70

Sweden should raise former officers' upper conscription age limit to 70 from 47, a government-appointed review suggested on Monday, as part of the country's moves to strengthen its defense in the f...

France's Macron announces plan to accelerate military spending

President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced a plan to push forward France's defense spending, pledging to double the military budget by 2027—three years earlier than originally planned—in respons...

Australia fires first HIMARS rocket in joint drill with US

Australia's army fired a truck-mounted long range rocket system that has become a priority for U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific for the first time on Monday, alongside U.S. and Singapore forces firi...

Pakistan to create new paramilitary force ahead of more protests by Imran Khan's party

akistan said Monday it was creating a national paramilitary force, prompting concern among opposition parties and human rights groups that it could be used as a tool of political repression. Tap fo...

US citizen beaten to death by settlers in West Bank

U.S. citizen Sayafollah Musallet, 20, also known as Saif, died of injuries sustained from the incident in Sinjil, north of Ramallah, authorities said.  Tap for the full brief.

US appeals court rejects plea deal for accused September 11 attacks mastermind

A U.S. appeals court on Friday refused to allow Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks, and two of his co-defendants to plead guilty under agreements that...

Immigration raids on California cannabis nurseries spark protests

Federal agents conducted immigration enforcement raids on Thursday on state-licensed marijuana nurseries in an agricultural region of coastal Southern California, where they were confronted by prot...

UN reports 798 deaths near Gaza aid hubs in six weeks

The U.N. rights office said on Friday it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and near...

Russian attack on Kharkiv damages maternity hospital, sending patients fleeing

PHOTO CAPTION: A view shows a building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the downtown of Kharkiv, Ukraine July 11, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova   KHARKIV, Ukraine ...

South Korea, Japan, US conduct air drill as defense chiefs meet

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UN report sees no active Syrian state links to Al-Qaida

United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading Syria's interim government, an unpublished U.N. report said, a finding that co...

Paris to be new headquarters of “coalition of the willing” for Ukraine

PHOTO CAPTION: Illustrative photo — a French combat instructor speaks while training Ukrainian service members at a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) facility in France. (French Ministry ...

Germany has no plans to buy more F-35 fighter jets, defense ministry says

 Germany has no plans to procure additional F-35 fighter jets, a defense ministry spokesperson said on Friday, denying a Politico report that the country planned to grow its planned fleet to 50. Ta...

Finland notifies UN of withdrawal from landmine ban treaty

Finland has notified the United Nations it is leaving the Ottawa Convention that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines, its foreign ministry said late on Thursday. Tap for the full brief.