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Spain to hike defence spending to 2% of GDP in 2025: PM
Apr 22, 2025 (AFP)
The announcement accelerates a previous timeline that set 2029 as the target year to reach the benchmark agreed by NATO allies but deemed too low by US Presiden...
China says 'never provided lethal weapons' to parties in Ukraine war
Apr 18, 2025 (AFP)
"The Chinese side has never provided lethal weapons to any party in the conflict, and strictly controls dual-use items," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian sai...
US urges France to take lead on European defense
Apr 17, 2025 (AFP)
France's Defense Minister, Sebastien Lecornu, was in Washington for talks on a variety of issues including Iran and the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, with a se...
Hegseth cuts $5.1B in spending on 'wasteful' Pentagon consulting contracts
Apr 12, 2025 (UPI)
The memo's subject line Thursday was "Continuing Elimination of Wasteful Spending of the DoD." The memo, signed on Thursday, canceled Defense Health Agency cont...
Court to rule on Danish arms sales to Israel case
Apr 11, 2025 (AFP)
The Palestinian human rights association Al-Haq, Amnesty International, Oxfam and Action Aid Denmark filed the lawsuit against the Danish foreign ministry and n...
Japan, NATO pledge increased defense cooperation to counter Russia, China
Apr 09, 2025 (UPI)
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made a joint appearance to underscore the deepening partnership. "Strengthening def...
NATO chief says China military expansion 'staggering'
Apr 08, 2025 (AFP)
"Let us not be naive about China," secretary general Mark Rutte told the Japan Times. "The build-up of their armed forces and investments in their defence indus...
Can NATO agree a deal on spending that satisfies Trump?
Apr 04, 2025 (AFP)
But with countries across the alliance scrambling to boost budgets, could a deal for a new target be reached by NATO's June summit that allows Trump to claim a ...
Poland aims to 'get closer' to 5% GDP defence spending next year
Apr 03, 2025 (AFP)
Staunch allies of Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states -- all neighbours of Russia -- far outstrip NATO's two-percent-of-GDP target on defence. US Secretary of...
Greece to spend big on 'historic' military shake up
Apr 02, 2025 (AFP)
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to present the timeline to parliament, headlined with an eye-catching new anti-aircraft defence set-up called "Ac...
Greece to spend 25 bn euros in 'drastic' defence overhaul: PM
Apr 02, 2025 (AFP)
The drive, which includes a new anti-missile, anti-aircraft and anti-drone defensive dome called "Achilles's Shield", is aimed at addressing rapidly changing ge...
Defense Department to continue hiring some civilians despite hiring freeze
Apr 02, 2025 (UPI)
"The Department of Defense will continue to hire the civilians that support the lethality of the Total Force," Jules Hurst III, DOD Under Secretary for Personne...
Finland to withdraw from anti-personnel rban treaty
Apr 01, 2025 (AFP)
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said a fundamentally changed security environment in Europe prompted the decision by Finland -- a NATO member bordering Russia -- to...
United States launches military 'upgrade' in Japan
Mar 30, 2025 (UPI)
"It's more urgency [and] it's more cooperation in real time," Hegseth said of the operation during a press conference in Tokyo. "It also increases our readiness...
Hegseth signs memo for cuts to Pentagon civilian workforce
Mar 29, 2025 (UPI)
Hegseth, who signed the memo on Friday while aboard a military plan, said the changes are required "to put the department on ready footing to deter our enemies ...
Spain PM vows plan to boost defence sector
Mar 26, 2025 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump has turbocharged calls for the European Union to bolster its defences by casting doubt on Washington's central role in NATO and making...
Sweden to boost defence spending $30 bn over a decade
Mar 26, 2025 (AFP)
The Nordic country drastically slashed defence spending after the Cold War ended and in the early 2000s, but reversed course following Moscow's 2014 annexation ...
ReArm Europe? EU re-thinks name after objections; Germany approves 3 bn euros in new Ukraine military aid
Mar 21, 2025 (AFP)
Earlier this month European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen unveiled an initiative to help ramp up military budgets that she says could mobilise up to 800...
What's in Germany's giant spending 'bazooka'?
Mar 21, 2025 (AFP)
Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has voiced confidence it will pass, as it did through the lower house last week, with the help of the Social Democrats of o...
Defense Dept. cuts $580M in funding deemed wasteful
Mar 21, 2025 (UPI)
Hegseth directed the department to cut the $580 million in spending in a memo dated Thursday. The bulk of the terminations consists of grants that are valued at...
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