TOULOUSE, France — Xiamen Airlines has placed a firm order for 40 A320neo Family aircraft switching to Airbus for its fleet growth, making the airline the newest Airbus customer.

The agreement was announced by the major shareholder China Southern Airlines to the Shanghai Stock exchange.

The…

Ukraine is asking urgently for modern tanks to help their forces seize on rapid gains in the northeast and take additional territory, but the West is dragging its feet, according to seven people with knowledge of the matter.

The tanks have shot to the top of Kyiv’s wish list as Ukraine presses it…

BRUSSELS — The European Commission has accused Russia’s president Vladimir Putin of desperation after his threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

“He is using the nuclear element as part of his arsenal of terror. This is unacceptable,” Peter Stano, a spokesperson for the EU’s foreign policy d…

The partial mobilisation of military reservists ordered on Wednesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin was expected and should not be a reason for further concern, Finland’s Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the former head of the Finland Defence Command Intellige…

Navy Adm. Charles “Chas” A. Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, today joined a panel discussion on important national security concerns.

“All of us in this room are back in the business of contemplating competition through crisis and possible direct armed conflict with a nuclear-capable…

On September 21, the German defense minister and her Slovenian counterpart Marjan Šarec agreed to sign a declaration of intent on the German-Slovenian ring exchange. It is intended that Slovenia will deliver 28 Soviet-designed M-55S main battle tanks to Ukraine in exchange for modern German military…