Senior Pentagon officials told lawmakers in the House Armed Services Committee last week in a classified briefing that Ukraine is unlikely to retake Crimea from Russia, POLITICO reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the briefing. The briefing reflects...
North Korea on Thursday responded to the US and South Korea announcing they would be expanding joint military exercises, warning the steps are pushing toward an "extreme red-line" and will provoke the "toughest reaction." "The military and political situation in the...
Iran on Thursday formally blamed Israel for the weekend drone attack on a military facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan a few days after US officials speaking to the media said Israel was responsible. In a letter to the UN Security Council, Iranian Ambassador Amir...
A former British MP that held a position in Britain's Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday that NATO should consider sending troops into Ukraine. "I think that is something we now have to consider, certainly if you were to put a NATO force in there," Gerald Howarth...
Ukraine is hosting a summit with the European Union in Kyiv on Friday and is hoping to receive news and a timeline on its potential membership. But according to a draft EU statement seen by POLITICO, the bloc is expected to pour cold water on Kyiv's hopes. Ukrainian...
The US on Thursday opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands as part of its strategy to counter China in the region, as Beijing has forged stronger ties with the Pacific island nation in recent years. The State Department notified Congress early last year that it would...
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said Wednesday that sending fighter jets to Ukraine isn't the right approach "for now," but stressed that nothing should be ruled out. "I've been involved with this for a pretty long time. And I've learned two things; never rule...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with CNN on Tuesday that the best way to deal with Iran is with sanctions and a "credible military threat." "If you have rogue regimes that are (intending to get) nuclear weapons, you can sign 100...
The head of Ukraine's military intelligence, Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, thinks Ukrainian forces will be able to take Crimea from Russia, and he hopes it will happen by this summer. But Ukraine's backers in Washington as well as other Ukrainian officials, don't hold the same...
The American weapons maker General Atomics is offering to sell Ukraine two of its MQ-9 Reaper drone for only one dollar, a move that will put pressure on the Biden administration to approve the deal, which would mark another major escalation of military aid. According...
