Defence and military

US military announces 4 killed in 26th boat strike

The US Southern Command said the strike, conducted at the direction of Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, had targeted a boat sailing along a “known narco-trafficking route”.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Dec 18, 2025

FILE PHOTO: A view of the dome of the U.S. Capitol building, during a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown that would otherwise begin October 1, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S., September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo

Trump marks return of US troops killed in Syria

U.S. President Donald Trump salutes, as members of the military carry a transfer case, during a dignified transfer of the remains of two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria, Sgt. Edgar Torres Tovar and Sgt. William Howard, and Ayad Mansoor Sakat, of Macomb, Michigan, who was working as an interpreter in Syria, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, U.S., December. 17, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

US Congress passes $1 trillion defence Bill that includes support for Ukraine and Europe

FILE PHOTO: A view of the dome of the U.S. Capitol building, during a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown that would otherwise begin October 1, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S., September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo

Germany approves landmark $75b in military purchases

Berlin is accelerating a defence spending ramp-up to face the threat posed by Russia.

Ireland moves to buy military radar system from France after Zelensky drone incident

Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin (right) welcoming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Dublin on Dec 2.

South Korean contractors on Taiwan submarines jailed for leaking documents

US troops secretly moved dummy nuclear bombs to Okinawa in 1971, documents show

Other declassified diplomatic records have shown that units of the US Air Force held mock hydrogen bomb drills in Okinawa.

Myanmar junta says seeking to prosecute hundreds for election ‘disruption’

The junta has increased air strikes year-on-year since the start of Myanmar’s civil war.

Taiwan says Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through Taiwan Strait

Taiwan’s defence ministry said the Fujian had transited the strait the previous day and that Taiwan’s forces had monitored it.

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