Australia and Indonesia agreed to sign a new security treaty, which includes closer military cooperation, the two countries' leaders said after talks in Sydney on Wednesday.
A US aircraft carrier strike group arrived in Latin America Tuesday, escalating a military buildup Venezuela has warned could trigger a full-blown conflict as it announced its own "massive" deployment.
Iran said Tuesday it had broken up a spy network linked to both Israeli and US spy agencies, months after the war between the Islamic republic and its archenemy Israel.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed a suicide bombing that killed at least 12 people in Islamabad on Tuesday, a rare attack by the militant group on the country's capital.
Russia said Tuesday it had foiled an Anglo-Ukrainian plot to hijack a military jet carrying a hypersonic missile, which they planned to take to Romania in a "large-scale provocation."
The US Air Force has issued a white paper request for the Counter-Air Missile Program to develop a ground-launched missile that could later evolve into a low-cost air-to-air system.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines must be ready to fight on their own for up to a month before any ally can intervene, according to military chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., outlining a new strategy for potential conflicts.