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New: The U.S. military withdrew troops from a key base in Niger, Air Base 101 beside the Diori Hamani International Airport in the capital city of Niamey, officials at Africa Command said Monday. For several years, the U.S. kept a…

After Russian intelligence launched one of the most devastating cyber espionage attacks in history against U.S. government agencies, the Biden administration set up a new board and tasked it to figure out what happened — and tell the…

NATO’s 75th annual meeting begins Tuesday in Washington. And that’s almost exactly a week after the newest U.S. announcement of military support for Ukraine, totalling more than $4 billion. That batch includes HAWK air defense missiles,…

The U.S. will soon send Ukraine another $2.3 billion in military aid, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Ryder said Tuesday. That includes “urgently needed air defense interceptors...as well as artillery and anti-tank weapons to…

Ukrainian military chief Rustem Umerov is dropping by the Pentagon Tuesday for discussions with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his team. Umerov’s last such trip was in December as Republican lawmakers refused additional aid to Ukraine…

U.S. military bases across Europe are on a heightened security alert amid French elections, the high-profile Euro 2024 soccer tournament hosted this year in Germany, and the Summer Olympics, which begin July 26 in Paris. Force…

Recent leaks and other revelations about Beijing’s use of hacking companies are shedding light on how privatization with Chinese characteristics is changing the government’s intelligence operations.In February, 577 documents stolen from the…

Taiwanese officials don’t see war with China as inevitable or unavoidable even as Chinese military aircraft and ships cross the median line of the Taiwan Strait nearly every day in an apparently growing campaign of harassment.“They are…

TAIPEI, Taiwan—While Chinese military aircraft and ships cross the median line of the Taiwan Strait every day in a growing campaign of harassment, the island does not see war with China as inevitable or unavoidable, top government officials…

African defense leaders have “consistent” and growing concerns about the destabilizing effects of Russian disinformation, the commander of U.S. Africa Command said Thursday at the Africa Chiefs of Defense Conference in Botswana. “That…