UK cedes sovereignty of Chagos island chain, secures joint air base amid Indo-Pacific tensions

Britain signed a deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius — and cleared the way for an agreement the government says is vital to protect the nation's security. Tap for the full b...

Sweden lowers terrorist threat assessment back to level before 2023

Sweden's SAPO security service lowered its national terrorist threat warning on Friday back to the "elevated" level assessed before 2023, when it was raised in the wake of a spate of Koran burnings...

Taliban in trade talks with Russia, China

The Taliban administration is in advanced talks with Russia for banks from both sanctions-hit economies to settle trade transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars in their local currencies,...

Iran to send Russia 75-mile-range missile launchers, sources say

Iran is preparing to deliver in the near future launchers for short-range ballistic missiles that the U.S. said Tehran sent to Russia last year for use against Ukraine, according to two Western sec...

Some bread and baby food reaches Gazans as blockade eases, Palestinians call for more

Flour and other food aid will start reaching some of Gaza's most vulnerable people on Thursday after Israel let some trucks through, but nowhere near enough to make up for shortages caused by an 11...

Germany vows to defend NATO neighbors with new brigade in Lithuania

Germany and its partners are determined to defend all NATO territory, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday during a visit to Vilnius marking the deployment of a German brigade to Lithuania to...

SDF member killed by Islamic State group attack in eastern Syria

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a militia group led by Kurdish fighters, said on Monday that one of its fighters was killed and another injured in an attack by Islamic State in Syria's ea...

Greece says Turkey must lift war threat to get access to EU defense funds

Turkey must lift a 30-year old war threat against Greece if it wants Athens to consent to Ankara accessing European Union defense funds, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Thursday. Tap ...

Poland intervenes as Russian “shadow fleet” ship spotted near power cable

Poland's military intervened after a ship from the Russian "shadow fleet" was seen performing suspicious maneuvers near a power cable connecting Poland with Sweden, Poland's prime minister said on ...

Italy expects NATO to raise defense spending target to between 3.5% and 5% of GDP

NATO will raise the defense spending target for its member nations to between 3.5% and 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) from the current 2% at the next alliance summit in June, Italy's Defense Mi...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemns warship accident as “criminal”

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UK, EU reach defense and trade reset in “new era” for relations

Britain agreed the most significant reset of defense and trade ties with the European Union since Brexit on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump's upending of the global order pushed the two si...

Parade for Army, POTUS birthday to involve 6,500 troops, 50 aircraft

The twin celebrations will cost the U.S. Army between $25 million and $45 million, U.S. officials have told Reuters. That includes the parade itself as well as the cost of moving equipment and hous...

POTUS selects $175B Golden Dome defense shield design, appoints leader

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had selected a design for the $175-billion Golden Dome missile defense shield and named a Space Force general to head the ambitious program aimed at blocki...

SECDEF orders “comprehensive review” into 2021 US Afghanistan withdrawal

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a "comprehensive review" on Tuesday of the United States' chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, an evacuation operation in which 1...