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  • Air Force Pilot Vanished Over Vietnam During Mission in 1967, and Officials Say They Solved the Case

    Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing disappeared during a nighttime armed reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam, officials said

  • Taiwanese general charged with plotting attacks to help Chinese invasion

    A retired Taiwanese general has been accused of plotting to recruit an armed militia that would assist Chinese forces in the event of an invasion.

  • A British submarine secretly tracking a Russian spy ship hanging around undersea cables surfaced close to it to send a message, UK says

    The UK authorized the British submarine to surface closely to the Russian vessel to warn it off, British defense secretary Healey said.

  • North Korean forces are being slaughtered fighting for Russia, harming combat operations, intel says

    Britain's defense ministry said about 1,000 North Korean soldiers had been killed and about 3,000 more had been wounded fighting against Ukraine.

  • Exclusive-US deploys Typhon missile launchers to new location in Philippines

    (Reuters) -The U.S. military has moved its Typhon launchers - which can fire multipurpose missiles up to thousands of kilometres - from Laoag airfield in the Philippines to another location on the island of Luzon, a senior Philippine government source said. The Tomahawk cruise missiles in the launchers can hit targets in both China and Russia from the Philippines; the SM-6 missiles it also carries can strike air or sea targets more than 200 km (165 miles) away. The senior Philippine government source said the redeployment would help determine where and how fast the missile battery could be moved to a new firing position.

  • Ukraine-Russia latest: Kyiv hits major oil refinery in huge drone attack as North Korea ‘prepares more troops’

    Russia says it has downed at least 121 Ukrainian drones amid major aerial attack

  • Facing exhaustion and North Korean troops, Ukraine's soldiers say the war needs to end

    As soldiers fighting for Ukraine try to hold onto the hundreds of square kilometres they seized in Russia's Kursk region in August, some describe facing relentless waves of determined North Korean troops, Russian units with improved tactics, and Ukraine's own struggles with exhaustion and sinking morale. "I honestly don't think we're going to be able to hold it for much longer," said Chapi, a foreign fighter who spoke to CBC in the Sumy region in northeastern Ukraine, about 15 km from the Russia

  • Mexico refuses US military flight deporting migrants, sources say

    WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump's administration to allow a U.S. military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a U.S. official and a Mexican official told Reuters. U.S. military aircraft carried out two similar flights, each with about 80 migrants, to Guatemala on Friday. The government was not able to move ahead with a plan to have a C-17 transport aircraft land in Mexico, however, after the country denied permission.

  • North Korea suspected of preparing to send more troops to Russia, Seoul says

    South Korea's military said on Friday that it suspects North Korea is preparing to send more troops to Russia to fight Ukrainian forces, even after suffering losses and seeing some of its soldiers captured. "As four months have passed for the dispatch of troops for the Russia-Ukraine war, and multiple casualties and captives have occurred, (North Korea) is suspected to be accelerating follow-up measures and preparation for an additional dispatch of troops," the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement. The JCS analysis did not specify what other follow-up measures Pyongyang might take.

  • Ousted South Korean defence minister testifies Yoon never intended full martial law

    SEOUL (Reuters) -A former South Korean defence minister charged with insurrection for his role in a short-lived martial law attempt told a court on Thursday that he wanted a broader military deployment but was overruled by President Yoon Suk Yeol. Kim Yong-hyun, who resigned after the Dec. 3 martial law and is now jailed, testified before the nation's Constitutional Court, which is deciding whether to reinstate or fully remove Yoon from power after he was impeached on Dec. 14. Central to Yoon's defence is that he never intended to impose military rule, using the decree only to break political deadlock.

  • Senate confirms John Ratcliffe as Trump’s CIA director

    The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency in overwhelming bipartisan fashion, making him the second member of President Trump’s national security team to be approved by the upper chamber. Senators confirmed Ratcliffe in a 74-25 vote. Twenty-one members who caucus with Democrats voted with every present Republican. Sen. John Fetterman…

  • Indonesia in talks to buy Russian-Indian missile as President Prabowo visits Delhi, sources say

    Indonesia and India will discuss boosting defence ties, including a potential deal to sell Russian-Indian supersonic cruise missiles to Jakarta, during the Indonesian president's visit to New Delhi this week, according to people familiar with the discussions. Indonesia has been in protracted talks with BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture between India and Russia, to procure a shore-based version of the mid-range missiles and a version that can be mounted on warships.

  • Trump defense pick Hegseth narrowly survives US Senate test vote

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate narrowly voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and military veteran, to be President Donald Trump's secretary of defense, clearing the way for a vote on his confirmation later this week. The tally was 51-49 in the 100-member Senate on a procedural measure to end debate, as all but two of Trump's fellow Republicans voted in favor of moving ahead on the nomination despite new allegations about his personal conduct.

  • U.S. Typhon missile to stay in Philippines for now, top security official says

    MANILA (Reuters) -The U.S. military's Typhon launchers which can fire multi-purpose missiles up to thousands of kilometres will stay in the Philippines for the time being, the national security adviser to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday. National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano told reporters the launchers will stay on Philippine shores "for now", a day after Reuters reported that the launchers were moved to a new location within the island of Luzon from the northern Laoag airfield.

  • This Ukrainian unit launches drone attacks deep into Russia

    STORY: One by one, long-range attack drones accelerate down an unlit, abandoned Ukrainian road and take off into the night sky.Carrying explosive warheads, they’re part of a Ukrainian campaign of long-range drone attacks that aim to inflict blows on Russia far behind the front line.The Ukrainian military granted Reuters exclusive access during the launch of the drones but said the location and date of the strike could not be disclosed for security reasons. The voices of the soldiers are narrated by actors at the request of the military, which reviewed the footage as part of the reporting."We're going to conduct a strategic mission today,” says this battalion commander with the call sign "Casper."“Unfortunately, I can't tell what our target is. But, this is a deep strike and it's going to hurt," he says.Much of Ukraine’s wartime drone program has been kept secret.It's seen as a way to chip away at Russia’s vast military-industrial base, which has been conducting long-range drone attacks on a nightly basis.Kyiv has stepped up its own drone strikes in recent weeks as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes to halt the nearly three-year full-scale war.Casper's unit, Ukraine's 14th Unmanned Aerial Systems Regiment, numbers a few hundred people and has its own analysts and engineers.They are focused specifically on long-range strikes.One of the unit's founders, who uses the call sign "Fidel," said they had drones that had reached ranges around 1,200 miles during combat missions. FIDEL: "I think we did a lot as a state, as a society, and as armed forces. We did it because we had no other choice. And this makes it possible for us to hold on. And God allowing this can be a game changer. But unmanned systems on their own will not change the course of the war. You still need infantry, which holds everything together, you need artillery, which holds a lot of things together, you need aviation, and many, many other things."

  • Ukraine proves the West has to develop weapons faster and cheaper, even if they're not perfect: NATO chief

    The NATO secretary general said the alliance needs to urgently step up development and production.

  • Gunmen kill 2 soldiers, wound 12 others deployed to secure a UN project in the southern Philippines

    Gunmen killed two soldiers and wounded 12 others who were deployed to secure a U.N. livelihood project in the southern Philippines, military officials said Thursday. The attack Wednesday in Sumisip town in Basilan province sparked a clash in which two gunmen were also killed, they said. The military said the attackers included members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, an armed Muslim group that signed a 2014 peace deal with the government.

  • NATO turns to sea drones to defend its fragile undersea cable network

    The drones will be used to monitor the cables and prevent sabotage.

  • Key Republican senators to vote against Pete Hegseth for US defense secretary

    Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins say they cannot support nominee, raising fresh doubts about confirmation chances

  • Residents leave homes in Jenin as Israeli West Bank raid continues

    RAMALLAH (Reuters) -Hundreds of Jenin residents left their homes on Thursday, prompted by messages from drones fitted with loudspeakers, witnesses said, as the military demolished a number of houses on the third day of a major operation in the West Bank city. The operation, involving large columns of vehicles backed by helicopters and drones, was launched in the first week of a ceasefire in Gaza that saw the first exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails since a brief truce in November 2023. Israeli officials said the Jenin operation was aimed at what the military said were Iranian-backed militant groups in the refugee camp adjacent to the city, a major hub for armed Palestinian groups for years.