58 h. ago Kyiv hails US weapons deal as Moscow dismisses Trump’s sanctions threat

US president says he will send Ukraine Patriot anti-aircraft batteries and interceptor missiles paid for by EU alliesTrump does deal with Nato allies to arm Ukraine and warns Russia of severe sanctionsPoliticians in Kyiv have welcomed Donald Trump’s announcement that billions of dollars worth of US military equipment will be sent to Ukraine, while officials in Moscow dismissed his threat of sanctions against Russia as hot air.In a meeting with the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, at the White House, Trump said the US would send Patriot anti-aircraft batteries and interceptor missiles, paid for by European allies. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Syrian boy goes on trial over alleged role in Taylor Swift concert bomb plot

Defendant, 15, in court in Berlin accused of involvement in foiled Islamic State-inspired plot to attack Vienna concert A Syrian teenager has gone on trial in Berlin accused of involvement in an Islamic State-inspired plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last summer.The case brought by federal prosecutors against the 15-year-old defendant, identified only as Mohammad A in keeping with German privacy rules, includes charges of preparing a “severe subversive act of violence” and supporting a terrorist organisation abroad. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Man accused of plot to share Shapps details says he wanted to ‘expose’ Russian spies

Howard Phillips tells court he hoped to ‘trap’ agents by offering information about the then defence secretaryA man accused of attempting to hand over the personal details of the then defence secretary, Grant Shapps, to Russian intelligence officers has told a court he was actually trying to “expose” the agents.Howard Phillips, 65, was charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service after passing a USB stick containing details relating to Shapps including his home address and the location of his private plane to undercover officers, who prosecutors say he believed to be Russian spies. He previously pleaded not guilty to the charge. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Kremlin sex scandal as Putin’s war official transports mistress in military plane

It is rumoured that Russian acting heartthrob Maria Shalaeva might have gone on a raunchy military plane ride with Vladimir Putin's top war official Andrei Belosov

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5 d. ago WW3 fears as South Korea, US and Japan hold military drills to warn Putin and Kim Jong

Top South Korean, U.S. and Japanese military officers have urged North Korea to halt unlawful activities as the three nations flew advanced warplanes for a joint exercise in a show of force

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9 d. ago What to know about the troops and federal agents in LA's MacArthur Park

U.S. military troops and federal immigration officers have made a brief but mighty show of force at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles

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1 week ago Netanyahu returns to White House holding all the cards in Gaza talks

Joint attack on Iran puts Israeli PM in powerful position as he dangles prospect of Trump-brokered ceasefire dealDonald Trump will host Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC on Monday as the US president seeks again to broker a peace deal in Gaza and the Israeli prime minister takes a victory lap through the Oval Office after a joint military campaign against Iran and a series of successful strikes against Tehran and its proxies in the Middle East.Netanyahu and Trump have a complex personal relationship – and Trump openly vented frustration at him last month during efforts to negotiate a truce with Iran – but the two have appeared in lockstep since the US launched a bombing run against Iran’s nuclear programme, fulfilling a key goal for Israeli war planners. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Deputy commander of Russia's navy is killed in Ukrainian missile strike

The deputy commander of Russia's navy has been killed in a Ukrainian missile strike, the Kremlin has confirmed.  

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1 week ago Kremlin confirms death of Russian navy deputy head in blow to Putin

Major General Mikhail Gudkov is one of the most senior Russian military officers to have been killed by Ukraine since Moscow launched its full-scale war in 2022

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1 week ago Top Russian general linked to Bucha war crimes reported dead after Ukraine missile strike

Russia has suffered yet another blow in their relentless invasion of Ukraine – with a targeted drone strike taking out one of the most senior and brutal military officials

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2 w. ago Military leaders aghast as Meta founder Zuckerberg crashes classified Oval Office meeting on fighter jets: report

Facebook mogul’s sudden appearance is increasingly typical of freewheeling West Wing during Donald Trump’s second term, which president has reportedly nicknamed ‘Grand Central Terminal’

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2 w. ago California mayor on Trump’s immigration raids: ‘It is a campaign of domestic terror’

Former marine Arturo Flores condemns ‘a level of psychological warfare I’ve only seen in theaters of war’As a United States marine, Arturo Flores served in Afghanistan and Iraq, where he worked as a military police officer and trained dogs to find roadside bombs.It’s his experience in the military that has made what he’s seen on the streets of southern California in recent weeks all the more disturbing to him, Flores said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Pair accused of plotting to kill man's estranged wife are cleared by jury

A jury today found two men not guilty of conspiracy to murder. The pair had faced a trial on allegations that one of the men, Paul Lewis, had paid his neigbour Dominique Saunders £1,500 to hire a hitman to kill his estranged wife.

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2 w. ago Jury retires to consider verdict in trial of man accused of plotting to hire hitman to murder his ex wife

Paul Lewis is alleged to have paid a neighbour to arrange the killing of his ex wife

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2 w. ago Armenia arrests another top cleric over an alleged coup plot

Armenia has arrested a second prominent cleric accused of plotting against the government

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2 w. ago German prosecutors indict alleged helper in plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna

German prosecutors have announced charges against a suspect accused of supporting a foiled plot last year to attack Taylor Swift concerts in neighboring Austria

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3 w. ago Pentagon slams fake memo claiming to be from Pete Hegseth after it goes viral

Department of Defense debunks warning to service members purportedly sent out from ‘Office of Military Standards and Ethics,’ which does not exist

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3 w. ago Explosive kills 7 Israeli soldiers in Gaza inside an armored vehicle, military says

Seven Israeli soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Tuesday when their armored vehicle was struck by an explosive, an Israeli military official said

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3 w. ago Several Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza after Hamas 'ambushes' them inside building

Seven Israeli soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis when their armored vehicle was struck by an explosive, an Israeli military official said Wednesday.

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3 w. ago Brazil confronts military officers accused of plotting a coup in historic trial

Brazil's Supreme Court had a historic moment on Tuesday when it heard a confrontation between an army colonel and general, both disgraced for their involvement in an alleged coup plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in office

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