Biden seeks record annual defense budget to boost deterrence in Asia
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday proposed a record defense budget of $895.2 billion for fiscal 2025, saying more funding is needed to boost deterrence against China and in the Indo-Pacific region.
Macron announces a bill to legalize euthanasia in a restricted manner
Paris- The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, announced the presentation in April of a law on dying with dignity, although with a series of restrictions on its access, and acknowledged that he...
The Czech parliament toughens gun laws after the worst mass shooting in the country’s...
PRAGUE — The Czech Parliament’s upper house, the Senate followed the lower house on Wednesday to approve changes in the gun law that tighten requirements for owning a weapon following the worst mass...
The US and South Korea begin large military drills to boost readiness against North’s...
South Korea and the United States began large annual military exercises Monday to bolster their readiness against North Korean nuclear threats after the North raised animosities with an extension of missile tests and belligerent rhetoric earlier...
South Korean and US troops will begin major exercises next week in response to...
South Korean and U.S. troops will begin their expanded annual military drills next week in response to North Korea’s evolving nuclear threats, the two countries said Wednesday, a move that will likely...
Defense chief says N.K. munitions factories operating at full capacity to supply Russia
North Korean munitions factories are operating at full capacity to supply weapons to Russia in exchange for much-needed food and other necessities, South Korea's defense chief has said.
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US and British strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen answer militants’ surge in Red...
The U.S. and Britain struck 18 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday, answering a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, including a missile...
France says Russian forces threatened to shoot down aircraft patrolling the Black Sea
Russian forces threatened to shoot down French flights patrolling last month in international airspace over the Black Sea, signals of increasingly aggressive behavior from Moscow as its invasion of Ukraine struggles to make headway,...
Ukraine eases the withdrawal from Avdivka and Russia proclaims its biggest victory in 9...
Ukraine today tried to iron out the withdrawal of its troops from Avdivka, one of Kiev's strongholds in Donbas, while Russia proclaims its greatest victory since the capture of Bakhmut, in May...
Putin first briefed on liberation of Avdeyevka at 4 a.m. on February 17, Kremlin...
Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff Valery Gerasimov apprised to the president that "the operation has been fully completed and our troops have fully taken...