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A multinational exercise in Indonesia has shown how military capabilities can come together to assist communities in the event of a large-scale natural disaster.

At least six Palestinians have been killed and several others, including children, been injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, medical sources reported amid continued violations of a 2025 ceasefire.

Iraqi anti-terror resistance group Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada has rejected any surrender of its weapons, with its spokesman stressing that resistance would continue despite pressure and that Iraqi resistance fighters would sustain their support for their fellow fighters in Lebanon.

Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement titled "Ringleaders of provocation should be prepared for paying price for the farce of their own making" on Sept. 29:

The European Union (EU) has paid an extra 100 billion euros (about 113.3 billion U.S. dollars) for the same volume of fossil fuel imports since the start of the U.S.-Iran war, EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen said Tuesday.

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Today, the Department of War announces a contract awarded by the U.S. Navy to Boeing for the Sixth-Generation F/A-XX Strike Fighter under the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. The contract is valued at more than $20B for the full-scale development phase. The contract procures multiple test aircraft for ground, airworthiness, systems, and weapons integration testing.

The Department of the Air Force awarded Boeing a contract for 22 F-15EX Eagle II aircraft under Lot 7 - preserving the buying power of congressionally provided reconciliation funding and sustaining F-15EX production.

Today, the U.S. Navy announced its plans to procure 30 Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels following the completion of Phase I at-sea testing marking a key milestone for the program and demonstrating the Department's commitment to deliver asymmetric capability to Fleet warfighters to counter evolving threats.

Following successful completion of Acceptance Trials in August, the Navy has taken "preliminary acceptance" of the nation's next aircraft carrier, the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) from Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of HII (HII-NNS) on Sept. 29.

Today, under Operation Economic Outcast, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 10 individuals and entities in multiple jurisdictions that have procured weapons and weapons components for Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL), the entity responsible for weapons research, production, and acquisition for Iran's armed forces. MODAFL also oversees organizations engaged in the development of Iran's ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Iran threatened to attack energy infrastructure across the Middle East if its security isn't guaranteed as it ratcheted up its rhetoric while waiting for the United States to officially respond to a plan Tehran says would reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Service members from one of the separate mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted the first logistics mission using a Ukrainian-developed amphibious unmanned ground vehicle (UGV).

A new wave of deadly Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukrainian cities is fueling bipartisan calls in Washington for US President Donald Trump to use sweeping new sanctions powers against Moscow, with lawmakers arguing that greater economic pressure could strengthen efforts to end the war.

Fifteen European Union countries have agreed to set up a new mechanism run by the European Defence Agency (EDA) to let their militaries access and share data on objects and activity in orbit. The goal is a common, up-to-date picture of what's happening in space, for military use.

Italy has completed the withdrawal of its final military contingent from Iraq, bringing an end to its 12-year military deployment in the Arab country, according to an official defense ministry statement.

An Iraqi anti-terror resistance group has vowed to shoot down any "hostile" aircraft violating Iraqi airspace after the September 30 deadline for termination of the US-led coalition's military mission in Iraq and the full withdrawal of its forces.

Today, 29 September, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said that the arson attack on Milrem Robotics proves that Estonia is a challenging target for Russia's acts of sabotage because our security agencies act decisively and effectively in ensuring national security. The Foreign Minister said that Estonia would summon the Russian Chargé d'affaires today.