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NATO to spend $1 billion upgrading ageing AWACS fleet

NATO is to upgrade its ageing fleet of Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS early warning and control aircraft at a cost…

Staff Writer With AFP

At least 10 civilians killed by ADF rebels as DR Congo army offensive continues

Between 10 and 21 civilians were killed in attacks in Democratic Republic of Congo, where the army is conducting an…

Fergus Kelly

2 US service members killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash

Two US military personnel were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, the NATO Resolute Support mission said

Joanne Stocker

Gunmen ambush Burundi soldiers near Rwanda border, defense ministry says

Military sources said at least eight Burundi soldiers died in a night jungle ambush near the border with Rwanda

Staff Writer With AFP

German army signs contract with Rafael for 1,500 Spike missiles

Germany's Bundeswehr is set to purchase 1,500 Spike missiles and hundreds of launchers from Israel's Rafael

Staff Writer With AFP

Taliban release 2 American and Australian hostages in southern Afghanistan

The Taliban released two Western hostages in southern Afghanistan, handing them over to US forces more than three years after…

Staff Writer With AFP

Israeli air defenses intercept 4 rockets fired from Syria

Israel's anti-missile defense system intercepted four rockets fired from neighboring Syria, the IDF said

Staff Writer With AFP

US citizen ISIS member wants to know why he can’t go home

Kosovar-American Lirim Sulejmani traveled with his family to Syria to live under ISIS. Now in an SDF prison, he recalled…

Jared Szuba

Burkina Faso protests ‘unidentified’ foreign military overflights, requests advanced notice

Burkina Faso has asked for advance warning of foreign military overflights, warning that any unidentified planes will be considered "enemy"

Staff Writer With AFP

At least 24 Mali soldiers, 17 ‘terrorists’ killed in Tabankort during joint operation with Niger

At least 24 soldiers were killed and 29 others injured in Tabankort in eastern Mali during a bilateral Mali-Niger military…

Fergus Kelly