Ukraine wants to leverage its defense expertise into security partnerships and to reap potentially vast profits for its arms industry.
Allies have rushed to defend the Mediterranean nation, where the drone hit a British base. Some Cypriots wonder why the bases are still there.
The defense secretary has disparaged restrictive rules for opening fire that are aimed at reducing the risk of mistakes and civilian casualties.
Four years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine sent energy prices soaring, the war in Iran is posing another challenge to efforts to revive European factories.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was “unfortunate” that the move could benefit Russia, but maintained that it was only for the short term.
The crash was not caused by hostile or friendly fire, U.S. Central Command said. All six crew members died, it said, bringing the number of U.S. service members killed in the Iran war to at least 13.
Iran’s new supreme leader delivered a forceful message in his first public statement since succeeding his slain father, as the Israeli military bombarded Tehran and the Lebanese capital with strikes.
India relies on huge quantities of cooking gas that is normally shipped from the Persian Gulf.
The threats to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz are complicating President Trump’s calculations about how and when to end the war.
With attacks and threats, Tehran is using the world’s most important transit point for oil and gas as leverage against its enemies.