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Israeli PM manages to avoid breach with US president through high-profile assurances he is seeking end to war

Everything you need to know ahead of the second major of the year in North Carolina

WASHINGTON — Influential lawmakers from both parties urged the Defense secretary in a letter Tuesday to curtail the department’s submission to Congress of “unfunded priorities lists” — annual requests for billions of dollars in military spending above White House budget proposals.

Influential lawmakers from both parties urged the Pentagon to curtail its requests for billions of dollars above White House budget proposals.

The criminal culpability of Donald Trump and the sloppiness of the staffs of both Joe Biden and Mike Pence have combined to create a crisis over the handling of classified materials. The former involved Trump’s intentionally keeping large amounts of classified material at Mar-a-Lago; the latter led to small amounts…

Ukraine has been crying out for more heavy armour, longer range weapons and air defence systems to end the war.

Ukraine is hoping to bolster its defences against a Russian offensive in the country’s east

Russian general says combat power of the Ukrainian military ‘considerably reduced’ and troops will now focus on Donbas.

President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine is approaching a new, potentially more dangerous phase after a month of fighting has left Russian forces stalled by an outnumbered foe. He is left with stark choices — how and where to replenish his spent ground forces, whether to attack the flow of…