- A Vietnamese soldier stands guard in front of military aircraft near a dioxin contaminated area while U.S. Defense ...

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 risk of exposing a military still being modernized may constrain Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he weighs retaliation for a terrorist attack. By Mujib Mashal and Suhasini Raj Reporting from ...

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 ...

The Russian military is also using motorbikes to evacuate the wounded. The Telegram account of the Defense Ministry’s publication Zvezda reported last week that Russian marines fighting in the ...

Some 100 miles east of its border with Finland, in the Russian city of Petrozavodsk, military engineers are expanding army bases where the Kremlin plans to create a new army headquarters to ...

Global military spending reached a new high in 2024. Germany, too, spent significantly more on defense. Global military spending reached a new peak in 2024, totaling just over $2.7 trillion (€2. ...

You can find her on X @afekki Languages: English. Arabic. French. The Middle East saw military spending growing rapidly in 2024, amid an unprecedented global rise, according to a new report by the ...

A new app helps military parents connect with short-term child care spaces at Air Force child development centers when other parents are temporarily away. Shown here in 2022, children from the ...