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Pentagon officials say the balloon is a surveillance craft, while Chinese officials claim it’s a civilian “airship”

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday scrapped a rare Beijing trip aimed at easing escalating tensions between the two global powers, after the Pentagon said that China sent a spy balloon over the United States. Moments before the decision, China issued a rare statement of regret and blamed…

The government is continuing to track and monitor the balloon closely.

The Pentagon said Thursday it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon flying high over the United States, just days ahead of a rare visit to Beijing by the top US diplomat.

Juniper Oak 23.2 is a bilateral, live-fire exercise that takes place in Israel and the Mediterranean Sea

About 100 Ukrainian troops are expected to head to Oklahoma's Fort Sill as soon as next week to begin training on the Patriot missile defence system.

Top national security officials from the United States and Japan are expected to agree to changes in the joint defense posture this week as the two nations confront rising threats from North Korea and increasing aggressiveness from China

Patriot batteries will complement a variety of air defence systems that both the US and NATO partners have pledged.

Russia says any weapons systems or crew that accompany it will become ‘legitimate priority targets’

Ukraine's capital came under one of the biggest attacks of the war on Friday as Russia's invading forces fired dozens of missiles across the country, triggering widespread emergency power outages, Ukrainian officials said. Gunfire from air defense systems and thudding explosions combined with the wail of air-raid sirens as the…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is poised to send Patriot air and missile defense batteries to Ukraine pending final approval from President Joe Biden, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, fulfilling a key demand from Ukrainian leaders.