Italy has awarded a contract to the Leonardo-Rheinmetall venture for 21 KF-41 Lynx IFVs. The order is split between 5 with Lance turrets and 16 with Hitfist turrets.
The U.S. may be forced to close "certain parts of the airspace" next week, the Transportation Secretary warned, as a critical shortage of air traffic controllers looms.
The Trump administration is planning a new covert mission to send U.S. troops and CIA operatives into Mexico for ground operations and drone strikes against drug cartels.
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv is warning Americans in Ukraine to brace for power outages and heating loss due to "increased" Russian missile and drone attacks on energy infrastructure.
The US and China agreed to establish direct military hotlines to de-escalate tensions, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced after meeting his Chinese counterpart in Kuala Lumpur.
President Trump declared Nigeria a "Country of Particular Concern" over the "mass slaughter" of Christians, threatening to immediately cut all U.S. aid.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius warns Putin is fighting for a "new world order" and that Russia's war economy now outpaces the EU's annual output.
The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier has been diverted from the Venezuela operation and is now in the Mediterranean. Its destroyer escorts, however, are still poised to join the Caribbean fleet.
US diplomats warn Lebanon has "lost the opportunity" for a solution and now sponsors terrorism, as intelligence reports confirm Hezbollah is actively rearming.