


Germany is trying to contain political and public criticism after attention focused on a provision in its updated military service framework requiring men aged 17 to 45 to seek permission before spending more than three months abroad. The issue moved…

Two Russian military aircraft briefly violated Lithuanian airspace on Thursday evening, prompting a rapid response from NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission, the Lithuanian Armed Forces said. The incursion occurred at about 18:00 local time on 23 October near the town…

Russia conducted a large-scale combined strike across Ukraine overnight from 19 to 20 September, launching 619 aerial assets comprising attack drones and missiles. Ukraine’s Air Force reported that 583 of these were destroyed or suppressed, with impacts and falling debris recorded in…

The White House’s request to push through a $6.4 billion arms package to Israel could hardly come at a more combustible time. Thirty Apache helicopters, thousands of armoured assault vehicles, and hundreds of millions in spare parts may strengthen Israel’s battlefield position…