‘Replacing a traitor with a hero’: Street at US base in Germany renamed for soldier killed in Afghanistan

Lee Loop, a main road that runs adjacent to the post exchange store and chapel at the Hohenfels Training Area, was renamed Maj. Brian Mescall Street on Thursday during an icy, wet ceremony attended by friends and family.

Ukraine’s allies see bleak times ahead without more air defenses

As Ukraine’s ammunition stocks dwindle some of the country’s biggest allies are expressing growing concern that it may not be able to defend itself for much longer against Russia’s invasion.

US and UK issue new sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran’s weekend attack on Israel

The U.S. and U.K. have imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran as concern grows that Tehran’s unprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East.

Dual German-Russian citizens arrested for plotting attacks on US forces in Bavaria

German police have arrested two men with ties to Russian intelligence, accusing them of spying on U.S. military bases in Bavaria and plotting attacks in retaliation for U.S. support of Ukraine in its war against the Kremlin.

US drops from top spot in poll about confidence in military among G7 countries

Americans’ confidence in their military has hit a nearly 20-year low, a new poll found.

European air forces to train across Indo-Pacific this summer

Pacific Skies, a series of exercises between mid-June and mid-August, will involve 1,800 airmen and aircraft from Germany, France, Spain and the United Kingdom, Germany’s air force said in a news release Tuesday.

Ukraine says 17 dead as Russian missiles hit northern city

Ukraine said the death toll in a Russian missile attack on a northern city had risen to 17 as Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized his country’s partners for failing to provide sufficient protection against such strikes.

Pentagon leaders press Congress for Ukraine funding, saying battlefield situation is dire

Pentagon leaders are telling Congress that Ukraine and Israel both desperately need the military weapons that are being held up by Congress’ failure to pass a funding package.

Italy’s leader keeps the focus on migration on her fourth visit to Tunisia in a year

Italy’s leader acknowledges that Tunisia “cannot become the arrival point for migrants coming from the rest of Europe.” Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s statement Wednesday comes days after Tunisia’s president said he remains unwilling to let Europe outsource migration problems to his country.

Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the US

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has been gathering data on the vulnerabilities of its Western adversaries, a classified Russian document shows.