OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA — China has fully militarized at least three of several islands it built in the disputed South China Sea, arming them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming equipment and fighter jets in an increasingly aggressive move that threatens all nation…

In video after video taken in Ukraine, a puff of smoke and a brief flash of light signal that another clutch of Russian troops are about to die.

Sometimes it is only a split second before that light streaks to a tank or armored vehicle that suddenly erupts in smoke and flame, often bursting from …

BERLIN — Ukraine has received 500 Strela anti-aircraft missiles from Germany. The weapons were already handed over on Thursday, according to Ukrainian government circles. This was first reported by “Welt am Sonntag,” according to which the handover took place in Poland.

A spokeswoman for the Fe…

The United States Congress has passed a USD 1.5 trillion budget package that includes USD 180 million in security assistance for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in 2022, under the Baltic Security Initiative, an increase of more than USD 10 million over last year.

“The United States has demonstrate…

Bulgaria has established and is now leading a NATO multinational battle group.

It’s an important step in the face of nearby Russian aggression in Ukraine and the United States fully supports it, said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III.

Austin and Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov h…