The director of a Russian drone factory was badly wounded and his driver was killed in a car-bombing that rocked a town hundreds of miles from Moscow earlier this week, according to local news reports.
An enemy drone flies overhead with its cameras trained on a collection of cinder block, plywood and shipping container structures that the Pentagon has constructed in the desert in California to mimic an austere war zone urban environment.
The war between Russia and Ukraine and the conflict that has pitted the U.S. and Israel against Iran are distinct political clashes driven by unique regional dynamics, but the lines separating them have become blurred, former senior military officials said Wednesday.
China announced a series of economic measures Wednesday against the United States, including controls on exports of drones to the U.S. and a ban on dealings with six American entities, in response to recent restrictions imposed by Washington.
North Korean troops and munitions beef up Russia's war against Ukraine. In return, Russia provides North Korea with sophisticated technology for its missiles, drones, satellites and submarines.
Russia is trying to turn the Black Sea into a "second Strait of Hormuz," Ukraine's acting foreign minister warned as attacks on Ukrainian ports and commercial vessels are prompting shipowners to halt calls through the country's main maritime export corridor.
Qatar's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said its mediators are working to find a diplomatic solution to the Iran war, even as another ship came under attack in the Strait of Hormuz.
In the race to gain ground in Artificial Intelligence and national security, China banned AI chatbots for its children, and even restricted them for adults, a move that should not shock anyone paying attention.
When a team of Chinese medical experts landed Saturday at the airport in the capital city of Kinshasa, health officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo were on hand to greet them with open arms.
The most important security development in East Asia this year did not involve an aircraft carrier, a missile test or another Chinese military exercise around Taiwan. It involved two white-hulled coast guard vessels.
Just days after the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to open the Strait of Hormuz, Iran announced it was closing the oil gateway once again.
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with longtime regional expert Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue to examine Latin American political nuances that the U.S. national security community should be most aware of going forward. (Aug. 3, 2026)
Iran said Monday it is not in talks with the U.S. over control of the Strait of Hormuz, even as President Trump insists that final negotiations could begin as soon as this afternoon.
As Ukraine and Iran battle larger, better-armed, high-tech adversaries using economical and attritable uncrewed systems, armed forces around the world are taking on board the key lessons.
By Didi Tang, Josh Funk and Rodrique Ngowi
- Associated Press
A giant American flag hanging on the wall of a warehouse in New Hampshire hints at the national importance of the elements bound inside the mining waste stored in 1-ton bags. The company uses electrolysis to separate the key critical elements President Trump's administration desperately wants to produce domestically from the powder left behind at traditional mines.
Russian planes dropped eight powerful glide bombs in a span of 90 minutes on residential districts of the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing one person and wounding dozens of others, regional chief Ivan Fedorov said Monday.