PARIS — France’s defense industry booked arms export orders worth €11.7 billion in 2021, almost three times as much as the previous year, the Challenges.fr business website reported Monday, citing the defense ministry’s annual report to Parliament that it has seen ahead of its official publication…

WARSAW — The rapid success of Ukraine’s counteroffensive in recent days has left Russian forces retreating and yet more videos on social media of abandoned tanks and artillery units. And for Russia, every piece of hardware destroyed or abandoned on the battlefield underlines a growing consensus am…

The Security Policy Committee of the National Council takes note of the report of the Audit Committee of the National Council (GPK-N) and is of the opinion that this report does not contain any elements that question the evaluation procedure. It therefore asks its Council by a vote of 17 to 8 to agr…

BERLIN — German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Monday she believed Germany was obliged to play a leading global role, including in the military sphere, and that the country should not be afraid of the responsibility.

“Germany’s size, its geographical situation, its economic power …

Ukrainian government officials are trumpeting the success of their offensive in the Kharkiv region saying they have retaken about 1,200 square miles of territory from Russia, which launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion of its neighbor in February.

A senior U.S. military official speaking on …