Israel will raise defence spending by 42 billion shekels ($12.5 billion) in 2025 and 2026, the finance and defence ministries said on Thursday, citing the country's security challenges.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the Damascus headquarters served as a command center for deploying regime forces to Suwayda, a southern Syrian region gripped by days of deadly clashes between government troops, Druze militias, and Bedouin groups.

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Japan had initially planned the F-35Bs to support amphibious operations, but the initial six jets missed the target March delivery period.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday proposed current Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal as Ukraine's new defence minister.

A timeline of events in the data breach and how governments responded to it. A data breach which may have put up to 100,000 people at risk of death or serious harm from the Taliban can now be reported more than three years after it took place.

Japan's defence ministry plans to acquire six shipborne small UAVs in fiscal year 2025 as part of a broader strategy to integrate unmanned systems across its military forces.

A series of airstrikes has hit the Syrian capital Damascus, with Syrian state media blaming Israel. One video from a Syrian television channel shows the Ministry of Defense building being hit live on air, forcing the anchor to take cover. Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz shared the footage, saying “the painful blows have begun.”