SUMY OBLAST, Ukraine — Ukraine’s seven-month-old sortie into the Russian province of Kursk is on the verge of collapse after Moscow’s troops broke through Kyiv’s defensive line near the ...

LONDON/KYIV (Reuters) -Thousands of Ukrainian troops who stormed into Russia's Kursk region last summer in a shock incursion are nearly surrounded by Russian forces there, in a major blow to Kyiv ...

BERLIN—President Trump’s embrace of Russia is causing Europeans to rethink their security and giving currency to an idea the U.S. has long sought to avoid: a nuclear-armed Germany. Friedrich ...

March 5 (UPI) --Germany's government-in-waiting unveiled a plan to boost defense spending by hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the decade by relaxing strict so-called "debt brake ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz has revealed plans for a new €500 billion special fund aimed at boosting infrastructure and defence spending. Just over a week after his victory in the federal ...

The strength of the UK’s armed forces has frequently been in the spotlight since the outbreak of war in Europe three years ago. We’ve seen claims that the number of troops is at a “record low” and ...

BERLIN, March 3 (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said foreign policy and defence must take priority in talks led by their conservative rivals to form a new coalition government but ...

New Delhi, India - In yet another example of how lobbying can override operational merit, efforts are underway to push the U.S. Stryker Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) into the Indian Army, despite ...

BELFAST — Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU-led government in waiting, and Europe’s urgent plan to rebuild its military capabilities through self-reliance, puts US industry and future orders ...

The first phase of the cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas is nearing completion, but negotiations for the second stage haven’t begun yet. Photo: Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images Hamas is ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU only has one realistic potential coalition partner: the SPD, which says it is ready to negotiate. Meanwhile, the far-right AfD is set to readmit some controversial figures ...

Swiss Armed Forces Chief and Top Spy to Step Down ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of Switzerland's armed forces and the chief of the neutral country's intelligence services have both resigned their ...