The crew of a U.S. Apache attack helicopter shot down by Iran was rescued by a drone-boat known as Corsair.Why it matters: It was a first-of-its-kind operation, with incredibly high stakes. It also offers a glimpse at future warfare, in which humans and smart, militarized machinery operate alongside…
The U.S. launched strikes against Iran beginning at 5pm ET Tuesday in response to Iran's downing of a U.S. helicopter.The big picture: The latest exchange could risk military escalation with Iran even as President Trump is seeking a deal to end the war.American forces launched three rounds of strike…
Thousands of residents fled Lebanon's southern city of Tyre on 9 June, with long queues of vehicles heading north after Israeli military warnings heightened fears of further air strikes and a wider regional escalation.
Victims of alleged atrocities linked to the war in Sudan on Tuesday asked prosecutors in Kenya to investigate allegations of torture and sexual violence by members of a notorious paramilitary group
The US military launched airstrikes and Iran retaliated Wednesday following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that US President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic.
June 9 (Reuters) - In a first, a Navy surface drone found and rescued two crew members from an Army Apache attack helicopter that went down in waters near Oman’s coast, the U.S. military told Reuters, and President Donald Trump said the pilots were “fine.”
The U.S. military’s strikes on Iranian targets followed after President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday (june 9, 2026) to respond to the downing of a U.S. Apache attack helicopter overnight
Earlier, the US Central Command reported carrying out strikes on Iran after an American Apache helicopter was shot down over the Strait of Hormuz
According to Christopher Helali, the West is working steadily to portray Russia as an enemy
The Pentagon added Chinese pharmaceutical contractor WuXi AppTec to a list of entities it alleges are linked to the country’s military, but the blacklisting will not stop multinational drug makers from collaborating with China’s biopharmaceutical firms, according to analysts.
“We view minimal impact…
India is moving closer to undertaking its biggest military revamp since independence, with the army, navy and air force placed under commanders overseeing specific theatres of conflict, amid concerns over whether such a set-up can simultaneously counter China and Pakistan.
Analysts said the debate o…
Four Indonesian soldiers found guilty of an acid attack that left an activist blind in one eye were sentenced on Wednesday to up to three years in prison by a military court, with a judge calling their actions “arrogant”.
The four, all members of the military’s Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS), …
Last month, four Russian military satellites — Kosmos-2610, Kosmos-2611, Kosmos-2612, and Kosmos-2613 — altered their orbits and moved toward ICEYE-X36, a radar satellite that has been supplying data to Ukraine’s military since 2022, according to a May 22 report by the analytics firm Integrity ISR.
The president has sporadically threatened additional military action since taking out Iran’s leadership in February, but has avoided full-scale attacks.
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The U.S. military has likely been quietly broadcasting codes for its global encryption network using public GPS for nearly 20 years, turning each satellite into a hidden “numbers station,” according to Steven Murdoch…
That means every device that uses GPS has been receiving hidd…
Two separate campaigns target CVE-2025-8088, fixed last July, to conduct data theft and cyberespionage against military and government targets in Ukraine.
IRGC says it has targeted an airbase in Jordan hosting US forces, as well as Kuwait and Bahrain, in response to US strikesTrump launches strikes against Iran after downing of US army helicopterIf the US genuinely wants a deal it will have to engage with Iranian demands on sanctions relief, says Dann…
It was the first U.S. rescue carried out by an autonomous surface vessel and remotely piloted by a human operator, according to a military spokesperson.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) says its forces began launching ‘self-defence’ strikes against Iran.
Bolivia approves military measures against nationwide protests.
Prosecutors argued in court that the soldiers were motivated by anger over Yunus’s activism.
The updated 1260H list now covers 188 Chinese entities and bars the Pentagon from contracting with them starting later this month
Iran and Israel have announced a pause in their military operations against each other following a rapid escalation of hostilities over Sunday and Monday.
A Congolese military court has sentenced an army colonel to death for taking part in a conspiracy to murder two U.N. experts in central Congo nearly a decade ago, in a case that continues to raise questions about state involvement.
The facility was used to rebuild Hamas's military strength, and also for advancing and executing attacks against IDF troops, under the cover of a ceasefire, according to an IDF report.
According to the report, the IDF earlier identified several Hamas military wing operatives attempting to remove the weapons stored inside the facilities using vehicles
The Pentagon added tech giants Alibaba and Baidu and carmaker BYD to a blacklist of Chinese companies with military ties amid widening competition between the world’s two largest economies.
Drug maker WuXi AppTec, robot company Unitree and carmaker Nio were among other businesses added to the 1260H …
Scepticism is rife about US President Donald Trump’s claims to have reprimanded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu over recent military escalations with Lebanese Hezbollah and Iran despite ceasefires negotiated by Washington.
While Netanyahu’s apparent defiance is widely seen as an emb…
Debate has erupted in Taiwan’s legislature over a proposed 12-fold increase in funding next year for a defence planning programme with the United States.
The proposed rise in spending is for the Joint Force Design (JFD) programme, a bilateral defence planning mechanism used to assess the island’s mi…
US President Donald Trump’s administration is holding regular high-level discussions with Britain to secure the long-term future of the strategically important Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean, a US official has told the South China Morning Post.
The confirmation comes amid reports tha…
Is Andy Burnham having trouble putting clear teal water between himself and Nigel Farage, following comments calling for a tougher stance on immigration? Sam Coates has more from Manchester on the state of the Burnham leadership campaign. Meanwhile, Anne McElvoy delves deeper into the defence dilemm…
The war in Iran has depleted the Pentagon as China’s military buildup matures.
In 2019, Alex Vindman testified during President Trump’s first impeachment trial–a decision that ended his military career. Now he wants to challenge the president from the halls of Congress.
Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD were the companies most recently added to a US list of companies it believes are aiding Beijing's military.
Created in 2021 by a congressional mandate, the list seeks to identify Chinese companies that the Pentagon considers to have links to the Chinese military
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the “fire on that front is contained” hours after Tehran said it had stopped its military action
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the “fire on that front is contained” hours after Tehran said it had stopped its military action
The Trump administration released the updated version of the list four months ago and then quickly pulled it without explaining why
According to Trouw, at the end of 2025, Niantic Spatial, a company based on the Pokemon Go developer, set up a collaboration with Vantor, which uses a visual positioning system to navigate military drones, robotic platforms, vehicles, and other equipment
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ruled out expanding military ties with Japan any time soon, insisting that historical grievances must be resolved first.
The two countries have come under growing pressure to strengthen defence ties as North Korea, China and Russia draw closer together. But a…
US President Donald Trump was booed loudly by fans inside Madison Square Garden when he was shown on video screens during the national anthem prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday night.
Trump was shown for several seconds giving a military salute. The boos ended when the US flag followed him …
A report that the Belgorod military enlistment office was recruiting schoolchildren as “junior staff” over the summer was a fake, according to Provereno, a fact-checking website.
The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, heads to Dublin today with awkward questions for Ireland. The country is facing increased scrutiny over the fact that a Russian-owned refinery on Irish soil continues exporting alumina to Russia — a raw material that can feed Moscow’s industrial and military suppl…
The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of Chinese military companies. The move prevents them from securing U.S. defense contracts.
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In a wide-ranging interview, an upbeat Ukrainian president also discusses Donald Trump, King Charles, and how Kyiv is prepared to share its experience of drone warfare with the westSitting down with the Guardian in London, Volodymyr Zelenskyy seems cheerful. More than four years after Vladimir Putin…
New proposed listings target Russia's 'military industrial complex, human rights violators and propagandists'.
Chinese embassy in Washington, DC, condemns designation, calling it 'discriminatory'.
One year since Trump sent the National Guard to LA, a new report warns military deployments for domestic policing produce escalation, disillusionment, and politicization.
The post A Year Later: The Stakes of Ordering Military Personnel to Police American Streets appeared first on Just Security.
The PIJ terrorists were identified as Muhammad Atiya Hassan Abu Afash, Farhat Zuhair Farhat Harara, and Abdallah Allah Riyadh Masoud Qadoum, the military said.
Iran International reported that missile launches toward Israel may have been carried out under pre-established protocols without coordination with Khamenei’s office.
Maria Zakharova said the train was not involved in any military logistics and was a purely civilian target
The pilots will practice destroying convoys of a potential enemy’s military equipment, command posts and amassed manpower, military-industrial installations and warships
"The US military didn't take part in the Israeli attacks against Iran, the first since the ceasefire," CBS News correspondent Jennifer Jacobs said
The Pentagon has designated Alibaba, BYD, Baidu and more than a dozen other prominent Chinese companies as “Chinese military companies” operating in the United States, widening a blacklist that has become an increasingly effective tool in Washington’s campaign to restrict China’s access to American …
Russia’s Unified Military Registration Registry in some cases holds the actual residential addresses of people subject to military service — addresses that differ from their officially registered domicile, the human rights organization Conscript School reported.
Recent military and economic pressure on Cuba, including Trump’s threats of a ‘friendly takeover’ of the island, follow a long pattern of US hostility toward its southern neighbor.
Military drones straying into the airspace of Russia’s neighbors have stoked concerns that Russia’s war in Ukraine is spilling over NATO’s borders.
Failure to reach an agreement underscores the struggles Europe has faced in rebuilding its military capacity after decades of underinvestment.
Following recent Iranian strikes on Kuwait, the U.S. approved a potential foreign military sale of counter-UAS platforms made by Anduril.
Chokehold on shipping route draws Houthis in Yemen back into conflict as commenters see ‘no turning back’Middle East crisis – live updatesIran’s reversion to large-scale military exchanges with Israel broadened the conflict that began in February not only by making the Israeli attacks on Hezbollah a…
President Trump has voiced his frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, but it is not clear how able he is to rein in Israeli military action.
Iranians describe attacks on Israel as part of military approach prioritising 'taking initiative and offensive power'.
Nearly nine years after the killing of two United Nations experts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's High Military Court has delivered its final verdict.
A French military Rafale fighter jet shot down a drone on Monday that entered NATO country Latvia’s airspace from Russia, the latest in a series of such security incidents along Europe’s eastern border regions.
No injuries; settlement homes damaged by missile fragment; strike targets include Iranian air defenses; report: Netanyahu 'pseudo-agreed' to Trump's demand not to retaliate to initial fire
The post Defying Trump, Israel strikes Iranian military, fuel targets; Iran, Houthis fire missiles at Israel ap…
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on renewed tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and Israel, a massive Hezbollah bunker found under Beaufort and the first woman in IDF's elite Sayeret Matkal
The post Daily Briefing June 8 – Iran fires on Israel, reigniting smoldering war appeared first on The Times…
Iran's attacks came as a result of Israel's strikes in southern Lebanon, the statement says.
Despite the Gaza truce technically in effect since October, daily violence has rocked the territory, over half of which is under Israeli military control in defiance of the ceasefire's terms
The Houthi military claimed that all targets of the missile strike had been precisely hit
The EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy said the main objective of the measure is to "curb Russia from funding" its military operation in Ukraine
According to Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei, it happens despite the opposite statements of US officials
According to the Israeli military, dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets targeted "strategic defense systems"
When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Monday, he was entering a country undergoing notable development in both its nuclear programme and conventional combat capacity.
North Korea has been aided in these developments by Russian military technology and economic aid, which Pyongyang…
A draft office in Belgorod has been recruiting schoolchildren for part-time work as temporary employees, according to a flyer published by the project Get Lost.
French Air Force fighter jets participating in NATO’s Baltic air policing mission shot down a drone that had entered Latvian airspace, the Latvian military said.
The grouping is unlikely to harden into an “Asian NATO.” For Beijing, the more consequential contest is over supply chains, technology standards, and the rules of the Indo-Pacific economy.
Researchers have solved a decades-old mystery by showing that a cache of 43 helmets found off the Spanish coast is medieval, not Roman. The remarkable discovery exposes a thriving weapons trade network that connected Mediterranean powers during a time of piracy, warfare, and growing demand for milit…
The facility makes materials that Iran says are for civilian uses, but that Israel argues are also deployed in military applications.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said it had concluded its latest military operation against Israel after both countries traded strikes and an uneasy two-month truce broke down.
President Trump abruptly ended a wide-ranging "Meet the Press" interview Sunday after defending potential payouts for people prosecuted over Jan. 6 and warning slow Iran talks could restart U.S. military action.Why it matters: The NBC interview captured two fights likely to follow Trump this week: t…
The Israeli Air Force conducted strikes on military targets in central and western Iran on Monday morning local time, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.Why it matters: The strikes, in retaliation for an Iranian missile attack against Israel, mark a new phase in a growing escalation that …
When more than half of South Africans say they would prefer a military government to our current democracy, it’s likely that their fear of violent crime is a major factor in that.
Decision to open investigation comes after preliminary examination of the killing of 7-month-old Sam Fahd Abou Haikal in Hebron on Friday evening
The post Military Police probing killing of Palestinian infant by soldier in the West Bank appeared first on The Times of Israel.
Trump said earlier he would urge Netanyahu to hold off on retaliation for Sunday's Iranian missile fire * Hospitals move underground, schools are shut amid fears of further missile attacks
The post Iran, Houthis fire missiles at central, southern Israel as IDF strikes military targets in Iran appear…
“President Trump has been consistent in his position that the United Kingdom should not give away the British Indian Ocean Territory, which includes our joint U.S.-U.K. military facility on the Diego Garcia atoll,” a U.S. official told Reuters.
Oil prices were up more than $2 a barrel after Israel launched renewed strikes on Lebanon despite a truce between the two countries
According to the Israeli military, additional launches fired toward Israel have been identified
Israel's state broadcaster Kan earlier stated that the country intended to respond to missile strikes from Iranian territory
According to Eyal Zamir, the military has not yet received such an order
The Israel Defense Forces said the operation targeted facilities in the western and central regions of the Islamic Republic
Earlier overnight, the Israeli Air Force conducted strikes against Iran, targeting military installations
A Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship went on a shooting rampage in several towns in central Israel on Sunday, killing a reservist and wounding five other people, according to Israeli police and the military. The attacker was killed by police.
The attack came at a time of heightened tensions fo…
Japan appears to be edging ever closer to a referendum on its pacifist constitution, after a realignment of parliamentary forces delivered the supermajority needed to put the change to a public vote.
For nearly eight decades, Article 9 of the 1947 constitution – drafted under Allied occupation and l…
The attack comes after Hezbollah struck Israel's military with fighter drones, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.
Military strikes, sanctions and political pressure are becoming hallmarks of Trump's Latin America policy. NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with historian Greg Grandin about what's driving the shift.
Iran fired missiles at Israel in retaliation for an Israeli attack in Lebanon. Hours after the Iranian launches, the Israeli military said it had struck military targets in Iran.
Videos show missiles over Israel as the Israeli military says Iran launched a new wave of attacks.
From Iranian naval ports to US military bases across the Gulf, Al Jazeera shows 15 sites before and after the attacks.
The visit was made to the Neve Tzedek Military Prison, and Deri was accompanied by other lawmakers from his party, including MK Michael Malkieli and Haim Biton.
A Lebanese court sentenced anti-Hezbollah activists in absentia over allegations they incited Israeli military action.
Iranian lawmaker and Khamenei's military secretary Ebrahim Rezaei said in a post on X on Sunday that Tehran will give a "painful" response to Israel's attack on Dahiyeh.
At the start of a government meeting on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also discussed the Gaza Strip, announcing that Israel currently holds 60% of its territory, and "will soon reach 70%.
China should speed up aircraft carrier group upgrades and boost their combat capabilities to counter Japan’s growing defence strength amid mounting tensions, military experts have said.
This comes as Tokyo ramps up its defence posture with long-range anti-ship missiles and deployments on Japanese is…
Tehran responds after Israel launches strikes that have killed at least two people and injured 11, reports sayIsrael escalates war against Hezbollah with airstrikes on Beirut suburbsDonald Trump also aggressively pushed back against claims that he broke a key campaign promise to keep the US out of n…
A Post reconstruction of Amal Khalil’s final hours in Lebanon found that Israel’s military denied rescuers access to her during a key period when she was still alive.
New law grants president power to use military to clear roadblocks set up amid weeks of antigovernment demonstrations.
Military identifies Sakr Abu Karim as commander in elite Nukhba Force who led raid on Kissufim area where 20 people were slain; Gazan authorities report 10 dead in other strikes
The post Israel says Hamas terrorist who participated in Oct. 7 attack killed in strike appeared first on The Times of Isr…
Both ceasefire options proposed by Russia in their memorandum are expected to encounter resistance from Ukrainian political and military structures that benefit from ongoing hostilities - both domestically and in Europe
According to Head of the country’s intelligence agency Dariusz Lukowski, Poland supplied weapons and military equipment worth about €5 billion to Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin said in late 2024 that the Russian authorities had no plans to introduce capital punishment even amid the country’s special military operation
Pakistan’s interior minister was in Tehran on Sunday in a fresh bid to restart negotiations between Iran and the US, as the American military said it shot down two more Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz that threatened international maritime traffic.
The latest action came as the Washington p…
The US has not just decimated Iran's nuclear programme and military, it has also degraded the power of its regime.
Russian law enforcement agencies noted that Ukrainian drones have been trying for a long time to control the area where foreigners surrendered
Six years after the Ladakh crisis erupted in May 2020, triggering the worst military confrontation between India and China in decades, the two countries are attempting something that once seemed improbable: a diplomatic reset.
The latest indication came late last month when officials met in Beijing …
The Chinese leader is making his first trip to Pyongyang in seven years amid significant military developments.
China's intrusive military, economic, and diplomatic aid to Russia, Iran, and others spreads autocratic practices such as secrecy, censorship, surveillance, and corruption.
The post China’s Global ‘Concierge Services’ to Strengthen Fellow Authoritarians appeared first on Just Security.
Much like it did in Europe, the Trump administration has called on US allies in the Indo-Pacific to increase military spending to 3.5% of GDP. But a defense buildup on this scale would jeopardize economic growth and regional unity, and could lead Southeast Asian countries to gravitate toward China’s…
The House on Wednesday passed a resolution to rein in President Trump's military campaign in Iran.Why it matters: It's Congress' first successful rebuke of Trump's Iran war effort after multiple Democratic-led war powers attempts failed. Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), the one Democrat who has consiste…
President Trump has expanded military operations across multiple regions during his second term, with U.S. forces targeting drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific even as American and Iranian officials pursue a peace deal.Why it matters: Trump's expanding military operations are testing whether…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent spat with President Trump over Lebanon underscored how his military objectives, and possibly his political survival, are dependent on a U.S. president who doesn't share his appetite for escalation.Why it matters: Trump and Netanyahu have coordinated…
Mali's military government has placed a multi-million-dollar bounty on the head of one of the Sahel's most wanted jihadist leaders. Authorities are offering two billion CFA francs, about 3.5 million dollars, for information leading to the capture or killing of Iyad Ag Ghaly.
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Israel’s air force struck different parts of southern Lebanon on Friday as the military issued evacuation warnings for nine villages, including one that has been spared much of the destruction and was sheltering thousands of people displaced by the three-month war
Britain is running out of time to boost its defences in response to the threat posed by recent Russian actions, the country’s military chief said on Friday, after months of delays to the country’s Defence Investment Plan.
When asked if he knew exactly how many missiles and drones Iran still holds, Trump said that he knows “almost to the number” how many of such weapons remain in Tehran’s hands.
The IDF said that all movement in the area requires coordination due to it being an active combat zone, emphasizing that Israel operates against Hezbollah and not the Lebanese military.
Israeli defense officials believe Tehran is using Washington’s reluctance to resume military action to improve its negotiating position.
Kuwait says it’s responding to ‘hostile’ missile and drone attacks; U.S. military says it shot down Iranian drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz
Posing as recruiters on online platforms, Chinese intelligence officers target personnel with access to classified or privileged information.
The post Five Eyes: Chinese Spies Target Government, Military Staff With Fake Job Opportunities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
A random sequence in an innocuous GPS message field is likely encrypted traffic from the U.S. military's system for remotely updating cryptographic keys around the world.
The statement added that Russia expects UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and relevant UN bodies to publicly condemn the Ukrainian military's attack on the college
The targets included infrastructure facilities belonging to the Shiite organization Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, including weapons depots, command posts, and rocket launchers
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Europe to counter what he termed an “invasion” of its coastline by migration, as he marked the 82nd anniversary of the World War II D-Day landings in northern France.
Hegseth also called on European countries to do more to contribute to their defen…
Armenia’s government has warned that citizens who travel from Russia to vote in the parliamentary elections “for bribes” will be sent to 25-day military training exercises.
Russia’s military offensive accelerated in late May and early June after months of stagnation and Ukrainian counterattacks. Vladimir Putin has declared that “there is no place without an offensive,” but the gains are limited to a few sectors. Ukraine’s defenses in Kostiantynivka — at the southern en…
The U.S. and its Five Eyes partners warned that Chinese military intelligence services were behind “cover companies” using job platforms to pry sensitive information from foreigners.
Min Aung Hlaing’s visit to India may help Delhi seal deals with the military-backed government. But it has angered pro-democracy forces in Myanmar.
Could the stalled Yatarnapon Cyber City project be set for an injection of Russian assistance?
The U.S. military remains extremely active in and around Latin America.
Prisoner releases mostly reflect the regime’s growing confidence five years after seizing power in a coup.
The exchange of strikes comes as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on Iran to make a deal to end the conflict.
The Israeli military confirmed hitting a vehicle and said the incident is being reviewed. Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun called the strike "a flagrant violation to Lebanese sovereignty and international law."
Nature, Published online: 04 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01770-8Researchers analysed the scientific impact of dual-use research in US patent records and bibliometric databases.
Hegseth urged Asian allies to ramp up military spending to counter China’s growing power.
The restrictions come amid strained relations between Paris and Jerusalem over Israel’s military operations in Lebanon.
A directed energy demonstration is expected to occur during the summer of 2028, as part of a series of planned Golden Dome-related events.
“Nations just need to assign the capabilities they have to NATO,” a spokesman for the alliance's military headquarters said.
Defence Minister John Healey said on Monday that Prime Minister Keir Starmer was determined to publish it before a July 7 NATO summit.
The visit comes five months after the high-risk U.S. military operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.