Ukrainian drones struck more Russian oil and gas facilities, the latest in a near-daily series of attacks meant to hurt Moscow’s war effort.

A dire shortage of infantry troops and supply routes coming under Russian drone attacks are conspiring against Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk, where decisive battles in the nearly three-year war are playing out — and time is running short.

Denmark is ready to allow the U.S. to boost its presence in Greenland, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said as she seeks to curb an escalating diplomatic crisis with the Trump administration over the world’s largest island.

An American service member is being accused by Italian authorities of stabbing her active-duty spouse following a roadside argument, according to a local news report.

European Union leaders are gathering on Monday for informal talks focused on defense with no clear sign yet from President Donald Trump about how he intends to try to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Competing claims emerged over a deadly attack on a boarding school in Sudzha, a city in Russia’s Kursk region that has been under Ukrainian control for five months, with Ukraine and Russia accusing each other of carrying out the strike.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine would be “very dangerous” and asked for more discussions between Kyiv and Washington to develop a plan for a ceasefire.

President Donald Trump says his administration has already had “very serious” discussions with Russia about its war in Ukraine and that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin could soon take “significant” action toward ending the grinding conflict.

Salwan Momika staged several burnings of Islam’s holy book in Sweden in 2023, which got worldwide publicity and raised anger and criticism in several Muslim nations, leading to unrest in many places. Momika was killed in a shooting Wednesday night at an apartment building near Stockholm.

A Navy ship in service for 53 years that has been a symbol of NATO strength for nearly two decades has a new commander.

Lithuania has committed to raising defense spending to 5% of its GDP, aligning with U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for increased NATO expenditures. Lithuania, which was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1990, is increasingly worried about the aggression of its neighbor Russia.

Russia is claiming it has captured another village in its relentless offensive in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region and as it closes in on the critical Ukrainian logistics hub of Pokrovsk. The fall of Pokrovsk and Chasiv Yar could enable the Russian army to complete its hold on Donetsk and even set the stage for it to continue on into the neighboring Dnipro region.

Police say a Norwegian-owned and Russian-crewed ship that authorities suspect may have been involved in damage to an underwater fiber optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland has been stopped off Norway.

Americans in Germany who are affiliated with the Defense Department will be able to renew their personal vehicle registrations as much as 15 days earlier, under a new policy aimed at avoiding a repeat of last year’s fiascos in two major U.S. military communities.

U.S. soldiers launched small drones in search of enemy positions on the Army’s sprawling Bavarian training grounds this week, testing an array of new technology that is expected to transform how American ground forces go to war.

NEO Cafe Deli, a longtime dream for its owners, is a bright and popular spot for breakfast in the heart of Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany.

Conflicting emails sent to some Defense Department overseas civilian employees in the past two days have created new headaches amid the choice posed to the federal workforce in a White House buyout offer.

Italian authorities on Thursday rejected the asylum requests of 43 asylum-seekers transferred to Albania in a speedy procedure that a non-governmental delegation observing the process said illegally deprived them of legal assistance.