Two years have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, but Germany is still discussing whether to send much-needed long-range weapons to the war-ravaged nation.
The Ukrainian Defence Industry has signed an agreement with Czech company Colt CZ Group to locally assemble NATO-standard rifles for Kyiv’s warfighters.
Operatives from Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah are working inside Yemen to support Houthi insurgents' attacks on international shipping, a US official said.
Eleven Chinese naval vessels were detected around Taiwan, Taipei's defense ministry said, the highest number this year as a row between the island and China over a fatal fishing boat incident drags on.
The White House said the US would not send troops to fight in Ukraine, after French President Emmanuel Macron refused to rule out the dispatch of Western forces.
The Pentagon said privacy concerns contributed to the secrecy surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's cancer treatment but that it found no evidence of intentional wrongdoing or obfuscation.