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          German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron at a joint security meeting in Toulon, France, on August 29, 2025. Reuters

          EU countries are learning how hard defence self-reliance really is

          OpinionSeptember 01, 2025
          Israeli tanks in Gaza. Mobile armour will be used in an attempt to flush out Hamas fighters who will then be spotted by facial recognition technology and attacked by drones. Reuters

          Israel has tech-led plans for attacking Hamas as civilians flee Gaza city

          MENAAugust 30, 2025
          Royal Navy personnel attend the Defence and Security Equipment International event in 2023. The exhibition attracts tens of thousands of visitors. Getty Images

          UK bans Israeli officials from major defence exhibition in London

          UKAugust 29, 2025
          German Chancellor Friedrich Merz lands by helicopter on a visit to the navy frigate Bayern, before a defence summit with Emmanuel Macron. AP

          Germany ups pressure on France over fighter jet project

          EuropeAugust 29, 2025
          President Trump is planning to rebrand the Pentagon. AFP

          Trump says Defence Department to become 'Department of War'

          USAugust 25, 2025
          A USAF F-35 stealth fighter. Europe will need a new air armada if the US withdraws. Reuters

          Europe faces $1 trillion military bill to replace US might on continent

          EuropeAugust 19, 2025
          UAE recruits taking part in a National Service parade. Wam / File photo

          UAE, Jordan and other Middle East countries with mandatory military service

          MENAAugust 19, 2025
          A Ukrainian developer handles a Besomar 3210 unmanned aerial vehicle system during their handover to the Ukrainian army. EPA

          Drone dogfights: Ukraine's new weapon to wrest back control of skies from Russia

          EuropeAugust 13, 2025
          The firestorm cloud that engulfed Hiroshima after the US atomic bomb attack on August 6, 1945. Getty Images

          Eighty years after first A-bombs were dropped, could it happen again?

          NewsAugust 07, 2025
          Inspections of military exports at Antwerp in Belgium take place only on the request of transporters, judges found. AFP

          Belgian court bans transit of military goods to Israel

          EuropeJuly 17, 2025
          France's President Emmanuel Macron presents a new sword before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe during the annual traditional Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris. AFP

          Macron issues Bastille Day defence boost to combat ‘threat to France’s freedom’

          EuropeJuly 14, 2025
          The British F-35 fighter jet at Thiruvananthapuram airport, in southern India. Photo: CISF / X

          UK's F-35 stealth fighter jet dogged by delays and soaring costs

          UKJuly 11, 2025
          A drone delivers the order for US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to sign, on the front lawn of the Pentagon. Photo: X

          Hegseth orders surge in US battlefield drone production

          USJuly 11, 2025
          Air Defence Forces at the inauguration ceremony in Jeddah, after Saudi Arabia's successful completion of Thaad system testing. Photo: Saudi Ministry of Defence

          Saudi Arabia inaugurates first battery of Thaad air defence system

          GulfJuly 03, 2025
          French President Emmanuel Macron at the Thales pavilion during the 55th International Paris Airshow. Photo: AFP

          France's Thales eyes radar factory in Saudi Arabia and AI centre in UAE

          AviationJuly 03, 2025
          The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation defence ministers in Qingdao, China. AP

          China hosts Iran and Russia for defence meeting

          NewsJune 26, 2025
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