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U.S. Army Col. Lucas VanAntwerp was sitting with Ukrainian special-forces soldiers one night when bad news arrived: troops they knew back in Ukraine had died in a helicopter crash. It wasn’t the day’s first news of casualties. Earlier,…

Russian invaders gain ground in eastern Ukraine. Some frontline Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from positions north and northwest of the Russian-occupied city of Avdiivka, in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian and Russian officials said…

U.S.-provided precision-guided munitions have failed in mission after mission in Ukraine, taken down by Russian electronic warfare. On Wednesday, the Pentagon revealed the latest casualty. A new ground-launched version of an…

The U.S. military officially started building a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid over the Mediterranean Sea and to besieged Palestinians on the Gaza coast, military and White House officials said Thursday. President Biden ordered…

The United States is now in a position to provide a “significant number” of long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told a small group of reporters Thursday. And, he said, they can be given to Ukraine…

The U.S. is sending $1 billion worth of military supplies to Ukraine in the latest tranche of weapons, announced moments after President Biden signed the recently passed $95 billion aid package for Kyiv, Taiwan, Israel, and more Tuesday…

Late Tuesday, the Senate voted overwhelmingly to advance a $95 billion foreign-aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan that House lawmakers passed over the weekend after months of delays. The legislation Tuesday passed in a 79-18 vote in…

Tension flared after a U.S. delegation visited Niger in March, prompting the country's military junta to terminate a pivotal military agreement with the United States. That followed Niger's earlier cancellation of two military…

After 199 days of fighting, “Israel has not achieved its primary goals of the war: freeing hostages and fully destroying Hamas,” the New York Times reminded readers Monday in a report on the progress and future of Prime Minister Benjamin…

The last two years have been miserable for basic human rights in several countries around the world, according to a new State Department report. China, Iran, and Russia, whom U.S. officials frequently call out as human rights abusers, got…