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NATO’s new chief wants more defense spending across Europe, where nations should shift to a “wartime mindset,” Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Thursday in Brussels. “It is true that we spend more on defense now than we did a decade ago,”…

Future of UkraineRussian invasion forces are advancing again in eastern Ukraine, approaching within roughly six kilometers of Pokrovsk, which the New York Times describes as “a key rail and road hub for Ukraine’s army.”Russian troops are…

Deportation watchMore immigrants came to the U.S. during President Biden’s first few years than at any similar point in American history, including the famous Ellis Island period, David Leonhardt of the New York Times reported Wednesday,…

Extreme weather is creating fertile ground for conflict in multiple regions of Africa, the Pentagon’s top Africa official said Tuesday.It’s also threatening the U.S.’s ability to maintain military bases like Camp Lemmonier, Djibouti, on the…

Israel, rebels race to contain Syria’s collapseIsraeli jets attacked Syria’s navy suspected chemical weapons sites around Damascus as Israeli troops have reportedly deployed deeper inside Syria than at any point since the Yom Kippur War 50…

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled his palace in Damascus on Sunday as a coalition of rebel factions poured into the city this weekend, capping a lightning advance from the north that began gaining significant speed just over a week ago.…

SIMI VALLEY, California—Pete Hegseth, the president-elect’s controversial pick for defense secretary, spent last week on Capitol Hill trying to persuade Republicans that he’s fit for the job. But some lawmakers remain unconvinced. Sen.…

U.S. military aircraft struck 75 ISIS-related targets in Syria on Sunday, just hours after the government of Bashar Al-Assad fell to rebel forces, according to the White House. “ISIS has been trying to reconstitute in this broad area…

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…