Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty is threatened.
Germany has received a warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin after joining the United States last week and authorizing Ukraine to hit targets on Russian soil along Ukraine's Kharkiv region border using long-range weapons supplied by Germany.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on June 5 that Russia could provide advanced long-range weapons to Western adversaries in an "asymmetric" response to Ukrainian missile strikes deep into Russian territory.
Airbus will be presenting its new Wingman concept at the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA in Berlin. In military aviation, a "Wingman" is a pilot in another aircraft that protects and supports the flight lead, delivers more tactical options and thus contributes to mission success.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III concluded his tenth official visit to the Indo-Pacific region today. During his trip, Secretary Austin met in Singapore with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, counterparts from across the Indo-Pacific region, and other senior officials; delivered plenary remarks at the 2024 Shangri-La Dialogue; and met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and other senior
The Defense Department is projecting an almost one-third reduction in overall cost for its temporary humanitarian aid pier mission in Gaza, the Pentagon announced today.
Thousands of mainly Israeli religious nationalists took part Wednesday in an annual march through a densely populated Palestinian neighborhood of Jerusalem's Old City, with some of them chanting "Death to Arabs" in commemoration of Israel's capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war.
Israel's military hit central Gaza with airstrikes as it announced the start of "targeted operational activity" in two areas on Wednesday.
President Joe Biden's top aides are in the Middle East to push for a three-phase Gaza cease-fire plan that the U.S. leader announced last week as the latest offer from the Israeli war cabinet. The deal would see an initial six-week pause of fighting and secure the release of some hostages held by Hamas and some Palestinians detained in Israeli jails.
No less than 18 crisis locations already suffering from dire food insecurity could see a "firestorm of hunger" unless aid reaches them urgently, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday.
A senior Taliban leader in Afghanistan, wanted by the United States for terrorism, has concluded a rare visit to the United Arab Emirates, where he met with the host country's leadership, an Afghan official said Wednesday.
The new Boeing Starliner has lifted off with NASA astronauts headed to the International Space Station, or ISS. After two previous attempts, the Starliner was launched at 10:52 a.m. local time Wednesday from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States of a F-16 Standard Spare and Repair Parts and related equipment for an estimated cost of $220 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence's National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) today joined partners from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in warning about continued efforts by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to recruit current and former Western military personnel to train the PRC military.
China's navy and air force have been "aggressively recruiting Western military talent" to train their aviators in complex aerial maneuvers taught by U.S. armed forces, the American-led Five Eyes intelligence sharing network said in a bulletin on Wednesday.
France, Germany and the UK (the E3) welcome the adoption of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors resolution on Iran.
On behalf of France, Germany, the UK, the UK Ambassador to the IAEA Corinne Kitsell introduced a resolution on Iran's insufficient cooperation with the IAEA
On behalf of France, Germany and the UK, the German Ambassador to the IAEA, Götz Schmidt-Bremme, gave a joint statement to the Board of Governors on Iran's implementation of its obligations under its NPT Safeguards Agreement
The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on June 5 approved a resolution calling on Iran to step up cooperation with the IAEA and to reconsider its decision to bar the agency's inspectors.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is expected in Chad's capital N'djamena Wednesday, continuing an African tour that has taken him to Guinea and Congo. Russian Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov has also been on the move in Africa, visiting Libya and Niger. The visits are seen by civil society and analysts as Russia's attempt to establish its troops in the Sahel region after military leaders
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