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SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. military stationed in South Korea on Friday said it has "important" military interests in the military airport in the southwestern city of Gwangju that is set to be relocated to make room for a planned semiconductor production cluster under Seoul's recently unveiled mega investmen…
Senegal’s Constitutional Court has struck down a bill that sought to limit the powers of the president and strengthen those of the National Assembly.
MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Friday called for increasing the Philippines’ defense spending to as much as 4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), saying the country needs to build a stronger military to deter external threats as tensions with China persist in the West Philippine…
Tonga’s Prime Minister has joined a chorus of regional leaders condemning China’s testing of a nuclear-capable long-range missile in the Pacific this week as his nation weighs whether to join Fiji and Australia in a new military alliance.
Skapion, an Israel defense tech company developing a Native Counter Swarm system for the next generation of unmanned aerial threats, announced Thursday that it raised $36 million during its Seed round.
Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts i…
India will supply its BrahMos and Astra missiles to Indonesia, the country's third such agreement in the Indo-Pacific, underscoring New Delhi's rise as a defense supplier in the region amid growing concerns over China's assertiveness.
Ukraine and the US have reached a political agreement on licenses for the production of PAC-3 Patriot interceptors, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday, adding that key supplies of the missiles were to arrive in the next few days.
State media reported that an Israeli drone targeted a truck early on Friday in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, resulting in the wounding of two people.
China’s defence ministry said it had deployed over 2,400 personnel, assisted by over 5,500 militia members.
Ukraine must make every effort to start domestic production of desperately needed Patriot interceptor missiles as soon as possible, now that Washington has agreed to grant Kyiv the necessary licences, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
Washington: The new Air Force One, which US President Donald Trump flew on earlier this week to Turkey, lacks the same defensive countermeasures that were security features of the old model, including its advanced anti-missile capabilities, according to multiple officials who have been briefed on the jet’s retrofitt…
Military intelligence officer admits witnessing killing of woman believed to have left explosive device outside oligarch’s home
Has the concept of Arab national security come to an end? Perhaps that is no longer the right question. It assumes that what once existed still holds relevance in the same form.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has accused Europe of backing the US-Israeli war on Tehran.
Syrian authorities said they arrested the cell responsible for recent bombings in Damascus and that preliminary investigations have shown it was affiliated with ISIS.
Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, looks on prior to a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan and Qatar near Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21. He is now involved in Pakistan's mediation efforts between Libya's two administrations. (Pool via Reuters)
Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, looks on prior to a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan and Qatar near Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21. He is now involved in Pakistan's mediation efforts between Libya's two administrations. (Pool via Reuters)
Readers discuss Europe’s air conditioning crisis, setting clear priorities for Hong Kong’s first five-year plan, and the prison service’s bungled anti-drug message
Readers discuss Europe’s air conditioning crisis, setting clear priorities for Hong Kong’s first five-year plan, and the prison service’s bungled anti-drug message
The Sudanese army has conditioned any broad acceptance of a US proposal for ending the country's three-year-old civil war on the full withdrawal by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from cities it has occupied, according to documents seen by Reuters.
A very senior defense official told me something this week that most Americans arguing about Israel have not caught up to. Israel’s goal in the new defense talks with Washington, he said, is to move from the status of “aid” to the status of “partnership.”
US President Donald Trump believes Israel will withdraw from southern Lebanon. Defense Minister Israel Katz says Israel is staying.
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For the past few years, companies around the world have been wrestling with the challenge of getting their employees to adopt artificial intelligence. While some businesses initially clamped down on AI use over security concerns, many others pushed hard to drive uptake. That race is now over.
The global proliferation of low-cost suicide drones is setting off alarm bells across the US military and among national security officials and experts. The race to harden high-value assets in the homeland, from military bases and airports to power substations, crude oil refineries, stadiums, and data centers, is al…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is rejecting calls to negotiate peace with Kyiv, three sources close to the Kremlin said, with Ukraine’s recent drone strikes on Russia’s oil refineries and ports strengthening his resolve to keep fighting for now.
The U.S. will enage in "technical talks" with Iran and remains committed to finding a solution to the conflict, despite the two countries trading airstrikes in recent days, MS Now reported Thursday, citing a U.S. official.
KYIV – Through more than four years of the Russian invasion, 27-year-old Oleksiy Virskovsky largely hasn’t bothered going to the underground shelter in the building next door — despite almost nightly missile and drone attacks.
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A tofu seller’s pink cart has become a small defence against loneliness on the alley-like streets of east Tokyo. Akiko Sugaya sells soybean curd door to door, but for some elderly customers living alone her rounds also bring a regular visitor and someone who might notice when something has gone wrong.
SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- The Navy held an opening ceremony for an annual national sailing competition in the central city of Boryeong on Friday, officials said.
The Pave Paws early-warning unit detected the launch from waters near the mainland’s southern coast, report says
The Pave Paws early-warning unit detected the launch from waters near the mainland’s southern coast, report says
Jayson Gillham said more than 100 Palestinian journalists had been killed by Israel since the war in Gaza began
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, center, mingles ahead of the Obama Presidential Center dedication ceremony Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson,File)
China's newest aircraft carrier may carry a weapon built to kill incoming torpedoes, a sign that its blue-water ambitions still face their deadliest
Iran has rushed out five supertankers and one Suezmax vessel carrying roughly 11 million barrels of crude in the past 24 hours, as strikes between the US and Iran threaten to escalate into another blockade on its ports, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
Having dedicated satellites is ‘something that makes sense’ as it would give the military more control over its territory, experts say
Having dedicated satellites is ‘something that makes sense’ as it would give the military more control over its territory, experts say
Once fashioned into weapons, royal jewelry and wedding gifts, jade is making an unlikely comeback among Gen Z this summer
Another night has passed, and the usual major Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil and facilities and tankers have occurred, this time impacting at least three Russian regions, authorities said Thursday. Strikes hit oil depots in the Stavropol and Tver regions, as well as an oil pumping station in the republic of …
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Democratic Senator Ed Markey criticised US President Donald Trump over the ongoing military conflict with Iran, accusing him of defying the Congress’s vote to “end this reckless war”.
The US Central Command (Centcom) said “Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz”, denying Iran's “claim” that passage through the waterway is “only permitted through routes designated by Iran” in a post to X on Thursday.
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When Iran faced an all-out war against the United States and Israel, Tehran did not respond with missiles and drones alone; it shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for global energy.
