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SIMI VALLEY, Calif.—China, Russia, and Iran are working closely together across the globe, which presents new threats to U.S. and allied national security, defense officials from the outgoing and incoming administrations said Saturday. But…

SIMI VALLEY, California—Russia may send North Korea “formidable, but…early fourth-generation” fighter jets, the leader of U.S. Indo-Pacom Command said Saturday.“We've seen some agreement” between Moscow and Pyongyang on the transfer of…

Top British military official: “We are at the dawn of a third nuclear age…defined by multiple and concurrent dilemmas, proliferating nuclear and disruptive technologies and the almost total absence of the security architectures that went…

Syrian troops retreat from HamaNew: Just a week after taking Aleppo, jihadists and rebels seized another major city in Syria on Thursday. Government troops confirmed their departure from the west-central city of Hama on Thursday after…

Martial law, revokedFor six tense hours, South Korea experienced a self-coup brought about by an unpopular president Tuesday in Seoul. Police officers blockaded the National Assembly, and helicopters tried to prevent lawmakers from…

48 days to arm KyivThe Biden administration is racing to send weapons to Ukraine before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20. An estimated $725 million in arms was announced Monday, including “substantial quantities of…

After a four-year freeze, jihadist rebels in Syria seized control of the country’s largest city of Aleppo on Friday and Saturday, prompting Russian airstrikes across the city—allegedly including at hospitals and medical facilities—as the…

Former President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees faced a series of threats overnight and on Wednesday morning. “Several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to…

Ceasefire pact for Israel, Lebanon Israel and Lebanon agreed to a U.S.- and France-brokered ceasefire with the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah on Tuesday, raising hopes that civilians can return safely to their homes across…

Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire, the White House announced Tuesday. U.S. President Joe Biden heralded the breakthrough as critical to pressuring Hamas to surrender Israeli hostages and agree to a…