North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister on Thursday dismissed international condemnation of Pyongyang’s recent spy satellite launch as “absurd”, saying her country would never relinquish its space programme. […]

Rescuers scoured waters off Japan on Thursday for seven missing US Air Force personnel whose Osprey crashed during a training exercise, in the latest incident involving the tilt-rotor military aircraft. […]

EU military spending reached a record 240 billion euros ($260 billion) last year in the face of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the bloc’s defence agency said Thursday. The figure represented […]

China is not likely to consider a major invasion of Taiwan for now due to domestic challenges, the island’s president Tsai Ing-wen said Wednesday, although Beijing is trying to sway […]

Britain on Thursday announced that it was sending one of its most advanced naval vessels to the Gulf to shore up its presence in the region. The HMS Diamond, a […]

Japan’s coastguard said late Thursday that there was still no sign of seven missing US Air Force personnel whose Osprey crashed during a training exercise, in the latest incident involving […]

Scandinavia’s SAS saw its loss widen to nearly two billion kronor ($191 million) in its fourth quarter, the ailing airline said Thursday, as it was plagued by currency effects and […]

EU military spending will reach a record 270 billion euros ($295 billion) in 2023 in the face of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the bloc’s chief Charles Michel said on Thursday. […]

The Israeli military said that two Israeli hostages were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza Thursday, after an extension to a truce in the enclave between Hamas and […]

Giant letters in support of Moscow’s armed forces fighting in Ukraine have been installed in front of the US embassy in Moscow, AFP saw Thursday. A huge Latin letter ‘Z’ […]

The Beninese government has introduced two new military medals to reward soldiers as the army grapples with a mounting jihadist threat on the country’s northern border. The move reflects Benin’s […]

The world’s chemical weapons watchdog voted Thursday to curb chemical exports to Syria, accusing Damascus of violating its toxic arms control treaty. Syria agreed in 2013 to join the Organisation […]

Canada will buy up to 16 spy planes from Boeing to replace an aging fleet and counter adversaries’ increasingly stealthy and lethal capabilities near its coasts and overseas, officials said […]

Japan’s coastguard on Friday scoured the seabed for the wreckage of an Osprey US military aircraft that crashed this week, with still no sign of seven missing airmen. The tilt-rotor […]

Heavy gunfire was heard on Friday in Guinea Bissau’s capital near barracks in the south of the city, according to an AFP journalist. Members of the national guard on Thursday […]

Heavy gunfire was heard on Friday in Guinea Bissau’s capital near barracks where members of the national guard were holed up in the south of the city, according to an […]

Heavy gunfire was heard Friday in Guinea Bissau’s capital near barracks where members of the national guard were holed up in the south of the city, according to an AFP […]

Japan’s coastguard on Friday scoured the seabed for the wreckage of an Osprey US military aircraft that crashed this week, with still no sign of seven missing airmen. Tokyo’s defence […]

Israel’s military said Friday it had resumed fighting in Gaza, with airstrikes and artillery fire reported in Gaza City, as a truce expired with no agreement to extend it. “Hamas […]

Israel announced a resumption of combat in Gaza on Friday, carrying out a series of airstrikes across the territory, as a truce expired with no agreement to extend it. “Hamas […]