Tag: Military and defense

Nine ruling party candidates vie to replace Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Kishida

TOKYO -- A record nine candidates are running in Japan's ruling party election Friday to replace outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. A former...

Hundreds of pagers exploded in Lebanon and Syria in a deadly attack. Here's what we know.

NEW YORK -- In what appears to be a sophisticated, remote attack, pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously...

US-China military leaders hold routine talks to discuss South China Sea tensions and other issues

BANGKOK -- Military leaders from the U.S. and China met in Beijing for routine talks that only resumed in January after being suspended...

McCormick's hedge fund days are a double-edged sword in Pennsylvania's Senate race

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Before he ran for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, David McCormick was a big name on Wall Street.He was the...

The EU buys too much defense equipment abroad, especially from the US, a major report says

BRUSSELS -- European Union countries are buying too much of their defense equipment abroad, almost two thirds of it in the United States,...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli military says Hamas militant in widely viewed Oct 7 video is killed

The Israeli military says it has killed a Hamas militant who appeared in a widely viewed video from Oct. 7, where he was...