Global military expenditure rose by 9.4% in 2024 to $2.7 trillion, the steepest yearly rise since the end of the Cold War, according to data compiled by the global security think tank Stockholm ...

And though spending in South Korea went up only 1.4% in 2024, Seoul has the “highest military burden in East Asia,” at 2.6% of GDP, the institute said. Taiwan, an island democracy of some 23 ...

The rising spiral of world military spending provides a striking example of how highly national governments value armed forces. In 2024, the nations of the world spent a record $2.72 trillion on ...

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May is Military Appreciation Month, a special time for those in and out of the military. It is a time designated to honor and recognize the contributions, sacrifices, and service of the members of ...

The Justice Department has begun the first criminal prosecutions of migrants who breach a newly expanded military zone at the southern border that is patrolled by U.S. troops, threatening people ...

Gunfire, artillery, aircraft, helicopters, lawnmowers -- all are fairly common equipment heard or used by military personnel from the first days of their service. But all of them also cause long ...

"We went from the proudest military in the world to one in which we failed to meet our recruiting goals, and we went from one in which bipartisan border policy was the consensus of both Democrats ...

Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount in Franklin County, Virginia. The search for four U.S. Army soldiers who ...

Twenty-eight migrants charged for entering military zone along US-Mexico border ACLU criticizes military policing of civilians as unconstitutional Buffer zone allows detention by troops without ...