WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department has approved a potential $1.1 billion sale of military equipment to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, with China threatening to take counter measures.

The Pentagon announced the package on Friday in the wake of China’s ag…

Security around the Baltic Sea and deepened defense cooperation were on the agenda when Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist met his Nordic and Baltic colleagues on Gotland.

Due to the security policy situation in Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist invited the…

MANAMA, Bahrain — The U.S. Navy intercepted an Iranian warship that seized and detained two U.S. unmanned surface vessels operated by U.S. 5th Fleet in the Red Sea, Sept. 1, two days after Iran was unsuccessful in seizing a similar vessel in the Arabian Gulf.

Jamaran (FFLG 76), an Islamic Repu…

TEHRAN — Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi, commander of the Iranian Air Force, told Borna news agency on Sunday that Iran is seeking to purchase fighter aircraft. Vahedi announced that purchase of Sukhoi Su-35 fighters from Russia is on the agenda of the air force.

He said the purchase of Sukhoi …

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Denys Shmyhal on Sunday as the Ukrainian prime minister sought more heavy weapons from Berlin.

Shmyhal is the first high-level Ukrainian official to visit Germany in several months and acknowledged that Berlin has stepped up its military help, wit…