The HIMARS delivery, which gives Estonia long-range strike capability, is the first to a Baltic state and comes amid heightened tensions in the region spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. 

Ukraine is ready to sign an agreement that would give the U.S. access to its valuable rare minerals in the hopes of ensuring continued American support for Kyiv in its grinding war with Russia, senior Ukrainian officials said. For Ukraine, the deal is seen as key to ensuring its access to future U.S. military aid.

AFN is cutting several of its radio programs and will stop offering commercially produced podcasts on its AFN Go streaming service, as part of broader Defense Department cost-saving measures, officials said.

The British military launched airstrikes with the United States targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said, their first attack in Washington’s new intense campaign targeting the Iran-backed group.

President Donald Trump is pushing Ukraine to cede territory to Russia to end the war, threatening to walk away if a deal becomes too difficult — and causing alarm bells in Europe about how to fill the gap.

An American airman serving in Belgium was reprimanded and ordered to pay $2,600, ending a saga that saw her accused of killing a cyclist and surviving what her attorneys called a retaliatory stabbing attack.

The U.S. Army’s 90th Infantry Division arrived at Flossenbürg concentration camp in Germany on April 23, 1945. Hundreds gathered for a ceremony at the site Sunday that marked the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire next week in Ukraine to mark Victory Day in World War II as the U.S. presses for a deal to end the three-year-old war. Kyiv insisted on a longer and immediate truce.

The back-to-back Russian and North Korean statements — which illustrate their expanding military partnerships — came two days after Russia said its troops have fully reclaimed the Kursk region that Ukrainian forces seized last year. Ukrainian officials have denied the claim.

A man suspected of killing a Russian general with a car bomb pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and said he was paid by the Ukrainian Security Service, Russian authorities said Sunday.