As the US prepares to transfer significant military aid to Ukraine following the Senate passing funding legislation worth $61 billion, reports from eastern Ukraine continue to highlight Kyiv’s sliding fortunes on the battlefield.

Europe must continue to step up its help for Ukraine even after the approval of a U.S. aid package, according to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Scholz spoke in Berlin.

A major purge of senior Israeli military and intelligence officials is underway over their failure to prevent the devastating Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

Aharon Haliva, the top military intelligence officer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), resigned Monday, becoming the first senior Israeli official to step down over the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. The intelligence directorate "under my command failed to warn of the terror attack,

The Russian military has deployed tactical nuclear weapons on the border with Finland, which joined NATO in April of the previous year and abandoned its neutral status. "In the bordering region of Karelia,

"Russia escalates border tensions by deploying nuclear-capable missiles directly across from NATO's newest member, Finland.

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said the country will continue to build overwhelming and the strongest military power to protect its sovereignty and regional peace,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a firing drill of super-large multiple rocket launchers simulating a nuclear counterattack, state media said Tuesday, one day after Seoul detected a ballistic missile launch.

STORY: Kim Jong Un's sister promised to build what she called "overwhelming and the most powerful military power" to protect North Korea and peace in the region.That's according to the North's KCNA news agency quoting her on Wednesday.