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Rubio assures Iceland US has no designs on the island
Secretary of State Marco Rubio opened a three-nation NATO tour in Reykjavik on Tuesday. He told Iceland that the Trump administration has no designs on the island, and said Washington shares Iceland's worries about Arctic security as tensions with Russia…
Lithuania offers to pay for US base as Trump weighs idea
President Donald Trump said Monday, Oct. 5, that the United States would consider setting up a permanent military base in Lithuania. A day later, the Baltic country's government said it would pay for one. "They are friends of mine, they…
NATO drafts drone, AI ‘Theory of Victory’ against Russia
NATO's top military commander is preparing a strategy for a fast victory if Russia attacks the alliance's eastern flank. The plan relies on combining drones and artificial intelligence with conventional forces, Bloomberg reported on Monday after seeing an unclassified version…
Russia calls European arms factories for Ukraine legitimate military targets
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova declared on Wednesday that European factories producing weapons for Ukraine are "potential military targets" for Russia, escalating Moscow's rhetoric against NATO members over their support for Kyiv.
NATO denounces Russia’s nuclear threat over Kaliningrad
NATO on Tuesday firmly rejected a Russian warning that any military action against the Kaliningrad exclave could be met with nuclear force, calling Moscow's rhetoric "irresponsible" as tensions over the Baltic enclave continue to escalate.
NATO scrambles jets after mystery object detected near Romania-Ukraine border
Two Spanish F-18 fighter jets were scrambled in the early hours of Tuesday, September 29, after Romania's military radar detected an unidentified aerial target near the country's border with Ukraine, as Russian forces unleashed a barrage of 152 drones and…
Trump signs Greenland security deal with Denmark at U.N.
President Trump on Tuesday signed a trilateral security agreement with Denmark and Greenland on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, granting the United States an expanded military and commercial presence on the strategically located Arctic…
AWS becomes first cloud provider cleared for NATO restricted data
Amazon Web Services Amazon.com, Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has become the first cloud provider approved to handle NATO RESTRICTED workloads across all 32 member nations, a milestone that positions the company ahead of rivals Microsoft and Google Alphabet…
UK and France warn of escalating Russian hybrid warfare threat
Britain's most senior military officer has warned the country is living through its most dangerous security period in decades, as European leaders sound increasingly urgent alarms over Russia's expanding campaign of sabotage, cyberattacks, and hybrid warfare against the West.
Underwater drone industry surges as nations scramble to guard subsea cables
Governments and defense contractors are racing to deploy autonomous underwater vehicles across the world's ocean floors, as a series of Russian provocations and cable sabotage incidents has turned seabed surveillance into one of the fastest-growing segments in defense technology.
Macron orders infrastructure defense against Russian hybrid attacks
French President Emmanuel Macron disclosed on Friday that Russia has carried out hybrid attacks against France in recent weeks, announcing he has ordered the government to prepare a plan to protect the country's critical infrastructure and defense industry sites.
Russian drone found on Polish beach carried live warhead, prosecutors confirm
A Russian Gerbera-2 drone recovered from the Baltic Sea near the Polish resort town of Jarosławiec was armed with a live high-explosive fragmentation warhead, Polish military prosecutors confirmed on Wednesday, September 16, as Poland scrambled fighter jets and shut down…
Lavrov says Russia ready for Ukraine talks but firm on keeping NATO from its borders
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared on Tuesday that Moscow is prepared to seek "reasonable compromises" on Ukraine while holding firm on its demand to keep NATO away from Russia's borders, as diplomatic maneuvering over a potential energy ceasefire intensifies…
Von der Leyen decries Russian ‘aggression’ after dual NATO incidents
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday denounced what she called "reckless and dangerous Russian behaviour" after two incidents within hours of each other rattled NATO allies: a Russian warship firing signal flares at a Danish military helicopter…
Ukraine reveals €23B defense budget gap at Ramstein talks
Ukraine's Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara told allies on Tuesday that his country faces a €23 billion shortfall in its defense budget, appealing for urgent financial commitments to sustain drone production and battlefield operations through the winter. His plea came as…
Russia rehearsed wars against NATO in secret simulations since 2017, investigation finds
Russian generals have spent years rehearsing hypothetical wars against NATO and its partners through secret computer simulations, according to an investigation by the Dossier Center, a Russian investigative organization, published on Tuesday.
Russia threatens to target US missile sites in Norway
Russia on Monday condemned the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile system to Norway, warning that the launch sites and their command-and-control centers would become targets in the event of a military conflict. The threat, issued by the Russian Foreign…
France, Poland warn AfD landslide threatens NATO corridor
The Alternative for Germany's landslide win in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday drew sharp rebukes from Paris and Warsaw on Monday, with French and Polish leaders warning that the far-right party's strongest state-level result in decades carries consequences well beyond domestic German…
Kushner and Witkoff meet Zelenskyy in first Kyiv visit
U.S. peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Kyiv by train on Sunday, meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the first time in their capacity as negotiators, as the Trump administration renewed efforts to broker an end to…
US presses NATO allies to accelerate defense readiness amid Russian hybrid attacks
The United States is pressing NATO allies to accelerate defense spending and military readiness amid leaked intelligence suggesting Russia could launch a limited assault on a member nation within the next few years, even as Moscow wages a widening campaign…
New poll shows Icelanders narrowly oppose EU talks ahead of Saturday’s referendum
Iceland's nearly 400,000 citizens head to the polls on Saturday in a referendum that asks a deceptively simple question: "Should Iceland resume accession negotiations with the European Union?" The vote, which polling suggests will be razor-thin, comes as geopolitical tremors…
Rheinmetall to build Europe’s largest tank factory as NATO-Russia tensions rise
Shares of Rheinmetall, Germany's largest defense company, rose about 3% on Wednesday as geopolitical tensions between NATO and Russia intensified and the company announced a major expansion of its production facilities.
CIA chief warned Russia not to attack NATO in secret Moscow trip
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced trip to Moscow on Tuesday to warn Russia against launching an attack on NATO countries, according to sources familiar with the visit cited by The Wall Street Journal News Corp. The visit, which…
NATO, Oman and Iran pursue parallel efforts to reopen Strait of Hormuz
A flurry of diplomatic activity this week has put the Strait of Hormuz at the center of international attention, with NATO members coordinating naval contributions, Iran and Oman working toward a shipping corridor deal, and Saudi Arabia engaging France on…
NATO’s eastern allies offer to cover US base costs amid troop review
NATO's eastern European members are preparing to offer to shoulder more of the costs of hosting American troops on their soil, hoping to persuade the Trump administration not to pull forces from the region as it conducts a sweeping review…
Russia built 10 secret drone bases within range of NATO
Russia has established at least 10 new or upgraded drone launch facilities along its borders with Ukraine and Belarus, equipped with 59 newly constructed launch rails capable of deploying Moscow's most advanced long-range attack drones, according to an investigation published…
NATO jets shoot down drone over Latvia amid massive Ukrainian assault on Russia
NATO fighter jets intercepted and destroyed a drone that crossed into Latvian airspace early Friday, as a large-scale Ukrainian drone assault targeted Russia's major Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga and sparked fires at the energy export hub.
CIA warns Europe of Russian hybrid attack plans targeting Baltics, Poland
The CIA has warned European allies that Russian intelligence and security services are considering hybrid operations against the Baltic states and Poland, including infrastructure sabotage and false-flag attacks, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The warning comes amid a sharp escalation in…
Explosive drone detonates in Bulgaria near major gas pipeline
An unidentified drone entered Bulgarian airspace from Romania early Saturday and exploded approximately 1,000 meters from a compressor station on the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline, marking the first such incident on Bulgarian soil amid a growing pattern of drone incursions across…
US intel warns Putin may test NATO with limited attack
New U.S. intelligence assessments warn that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attempt to challenge NATO's cohesion through a limited attack on a member nation within the next few years, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal News Corp…