B-17 gunner’s remains buried in North Carolina 80 years after bomber went down in France

A U.S. Army Air Forces staff sergeant was laid to rest Monday in North Carolina, eight decades after he went missing when his bomber was shot down over France during World War II.

US has no plan to send military trainers into Ukraine, top general says

The U.S. is not planning to send military trainers into Ukraine and would likely do so only when the war there with Russia is over, the top U.S. general said on Monday, after France opened the door to sending troops to train Kyiv’s forces.

Western decisions on key military aid to Ukraine are too slow, Zelenskyy says

Western allies are taking too long to make key decisions on military support for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Reuters in an exclusive interview in Kyiv on Monday.

Legalistic LARPing: Luke Skywalker made defendant in mock trial by DODEA students

Luke Skywalker was charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice with 5,999 counts of murder for blowing up the Death Star. In proceedings put on by costumed Grafenwoehr Elementary School fourth graders, jurors acquitted him.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange allowed to appeal extradition from Britain to US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission on Monday to appeal against extradition to the United States after arguing at London’s High Court that he might not be able to rely on his right to free speech in a U.S. court.

US, allies discuss Ukraine’s air defense, but no new aid announced Monday

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday that defending against aerial attacks is critical for Ukrainian forces fighting off surging Russia invaders and urged allies to come up with more air-defense weapons to send the embattled country.

Less military involvement in Europe, dominant China focus likely if Trump wins

The debate over Pentagon priorities and the strategy to meet them is heating up with the US presidential election less than six months away.

What happened in the UK’s infected blood scandal? Inquiry report will be revealed on Monday

The final report of the U.K.’s infected blood inquiry will be published Monday, nearly six years after it began looking into how tens of thousands of people contracted HIV or hepatitis from transfusions of tainted blood and blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.

Slovak prime minister’s condition remains serious, but prognosis positive after assassination bid

Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, remained in serious condition on Sunday but has been given a positive prognosis four days after he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt.

At least 11 killed as Russia presses forward with its offensive in northeastern Ukraine

At least 11 people were reported killed in attacks in Ukraine’s war-ravaged northeast on Sunday as Russia pushed ahead with its renewed offensive.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces what could be his final court hearing in England over whether he should be extradited to the United States to face spying charges.

With its energy network nearly destroyed, Ukraine already fears the winter

While the rolling plains of Ukraine’s countryside are in full spring bloom, officials already fear what the distant winter will bring as a major energy crisis grips the country and power companies resort to phased blackouts to conserve supplies.

Zelenskyy’s chief aide flexes power, irks critics — and makes no apologies

If actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s top credential when he was elected in 2019 was that he’d played a president on TV, the top qualification of his all-powerful chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, was being Zelenskyy’s friend.

Ukraine’s divisive mobilization law comes into force as a new Russian push strains front-line troops

A divisive mobilization law in Ukraine came into force, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive that some fear could close in on Ukraine’s second-largest city.

Georgia’s president vetoes media legislation that has provoked weeks of protests

Georgia’s president vetoed the so-called “Russian law” targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests.

US-based troops’ fast setup of field hospital in Europe puts skills on unique display

U.S. Army medical professionals had spent four years planning an exercise in which reserve soldiers based stateside deploy to Europe and build a temporary field hospital with supplies already stored on the Continent.

Russia seizes more land than Ukraine liberated in 2023 counteroffensive

While Russia’s gains over the last several weeks have been comparatively small, analysts say they are straining Ukraine’s military over a broad geographic area.

Zelenskyy presses allies for weapons capable of hitting Russia

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukraine’s allies to deliver every weapon Kyiv needs to repel Moscow’s troops — with permission to use the systems on targets inside Russian territory.

Putin says Russia wants buffer zone in Ukraine’s Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a visit to China that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region aims to create a buffer zone but that there are no plans to capture the city.