#Military

How an ex-US marine became vital in the fight against Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement

26/12/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Ukraine hits major Russian oil refinery with British missiles, officials say

Ukraine has hit a major Russian oil refinery with British missiles, Ukrainian military and security officials said on Thursday....

25/12/2025 16:40 Skynews

Three killed in Moscow car explosion, say Russian authorities

Anonymous official from Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence says the agency carried out the attackTwo traffic police officers and a third person have been killed in a car explosion in Moscow, Russia’s investigative committee has said.The committee, which investigates major crimes, said in a stat...

24/12/2025 17:21 The Guardian

Blast Kills Three in Moscow Near Site of General’s Car Bombing

Two police officers died in the explosion, the authorities said. Earlier this week a car bomb killed a military commander in the same area of Russia’s capital....

24/12/2025 12:45 New York Times

‘Warning to others’: murky death of militia leader as Kremlin reasserts control

Reports that Stanislav Orlov was killed by Moscow security services highlights careful managing of non-state powerBeneath the frescoed ceilings and golden icons of Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, hundreds of men packed tightly into the lower hall as priests intoned prayers for the dead....

24/12/2025 05:00 The Guardian

‘Gunboat diplomacy on steroids’: US signs security deals across Latin America

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro warns Trump administration may ‘destabilise the entire region’ amid rising tensionsWhile all eyes are on the four-month-long US military campaign against Venezuela, the White House has been quietly striking security agreements with other countries to deploy US troop...

23/12/2025 12:59 The Guardian

Trump Announces New ‘Trump Class’ of Warships

The president said development of the vessels would help maintain military superiority and improve the industrial base, but analysts suggested they were the wrong approach to current threats....

23/12/2025 05:53 New York Times

Russian General Is Killed in Car Bombing in Moscow

The attack appeared to be the latest targeted assassination of a senior military official inside Russia’s borders....

22/12/2025 18:35 New York Times

Russia ‘ready to legally confirm it has no intention of attacking EU or Nato’ – as it happened

Comments from deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov carried by state news agencyThe Guardian’s Russian affairs reporter, Pjotr Sauer, has some more detail on this developing story. Here is an extract from his report:Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov, who oversees combat training and readiness for Russia’s...

22/12/2025 15:26 The Guardian

Russian general killed by car bomb and Moscow blames Ukraine

A Russian general has been killed by a car bomb - the third such killing of a senior military officer in a year....

22/12/2025 14:51 Skynews

‘A champion of Aboriginal rights’: Alice Springs leader Geoffrey Shaw dies aged 79

The 79-year-old Vietnam war veteran and founding member of the Central Land Council ‘believed deeply in service’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWarning: This article contains images of and references to Indigenous A...

22/12/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies aged 105

Schab was a 21-year-old navy musician aboard USS Dobbin when Japan carried out surprise attack in 1941A second world war veteran who was among the last survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor died on Saturday.Ira “Ike” Schab, who served in the US navy at the time of the bombing, w...

21/12/2025 14:40 The Guardian

Alarm over ‘exploding’ rise in use of sanctions-busting shadow fleet

Fear that confrontation is on the cards as policing of ships becomes more aggressive and Russia challenges EuropeThe “shadow fleet” used by Russia, Iran and Venezuela to avoid western sanctions and ship cargo to customers including China and India is “exploding” in its scale and scope, and t...

21/12/2025 11:33 The Guardian

With Attacks on Oil Tankers, Ukraine Takes Aim at Russia’s War Financing

Strikes on four vessels signal that Kyiv is willing to expand the maritime theater of the conflict in an effort to crimp Moscow’s military funding....

20/12/2025 17:12 New York Times

U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard

Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region....

20/12/2025 14:29 New York Times

‘Not clear’ who was behind FCDO hack, says minister, amid reports of China link – UK politics live

Chris Bryant confirms October cyber-attack as the Sun names Storm 1849, a Chinese hacker group, as being responsible Rachel Reeves said the UK’s support for Ukraine remains “iron-clad” as she welcomed a European deal to provide billions more in financial support for Kyiv.The European Council a...

19/12/2025 12:34 The Guardian

Britain Is Preparing for Attacks on Its Soil. Critics Say It Must Move Faster.

As military officials sound the alarm over Russian hybrid attacks, the chair of Parliament’s defense committee said the government’s progress on ramping up home defense was “glacial.”...

19/12/2025 05:01 New York Times

Trump signs $1tn annual US defense bill without fanfare

National Defense Authorization Act authorizes record $901bn in spending, $8bn more than Trump requestedDonald Trump on Thursday signed into law a nearly $1tn annual defense policy bill, despite provisions inserted by Congress providing new aid to Ukraine and reining in his ability to dial down US in...

19/12/2025 00:31 The Guardian

Over 1,000 Were Killed in Attack on Camp in Darfur, Sudan, U.N. Says

A paramilitary attack in April was one of the most brutal of Sudan’s civil war. Now, hunger is spreading as Western aid cuts have reduced U.N. rations....

18/12/2025 17:17 New York Times

Putin calls European leaders ‘little pigs’ and says Russia will achieve Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force - as it happened

Russian leader says aims of its ‘special military operation’ will be met ‘unconditionally’The last available Erasmus+ country report for the UK based on 2020 data shows that University of Glasgow, University of Bristol, and University of Edinburgh were the three top UK universities sending s...

17/12/2025 18:26 The Guardian

Ukraine Plan Calls For Enhanced Military, With U.S. and European Backup

The latest proposal is designed to deter future Russian aggression. But Russia is not part of the talks and has shown little willingness to negotiate....

16/12/2025 21:34 New York Times

Pentagon won’t release full video of Caribbean strike that killed two people, Hegseth says

Legal experts have raised concerns US forces may have committed a war crime by killing survivors of initial strikeThe Pentagon will not make public the full video of a September attack in the Caribbean that killed two individuals as they were clinging to the wreckage of a burning boat, Pete Hegseth...

16/12/2025 20:16 The Guardian

Trinidad and Tobago Sides With U.S. in Battle Against Venezuela, Military Tool Suggests

The United States and Trinidad say U.S. Marines installed a radar in Tobago to combat drugs — but this war materiel isn’t designed for operations based at sea or on land....

16/12/2025 19:38 New York Times

Any Russia-Ukraine deal is doomed without security guarantees, says Starmer

Prime minister reiterates support for Kyiv as it comes under mounting US pressure to sign up to Trump-backed planA peace deal between Russia and Ukraine will fail unless it is backed up by “robust” security guarantees from western powers, the UK prime minister has said.Keir Starmer, speaking ahe...

15/12/2025 17:58 The Guardian

Monday briefing: The latest on the deadly attack on Bondi beach’s Jewish community

In today’s newsletter: On Sunday evening local time, two gunmen opened fire on a gathering at Sydney’s famous beach – here’s what we know so farGood morning. As you receive this email it is Monday evening in Sydney, where the Jewish community, the city and the country are grappling with grie...

15/12/2025 06:51 The Guardian

Ukraine willing to drop ambitions to join Nato, Zelenskyy says

Move marks big shift for Ukraine, which has fought to join Nato as safeguard against Russian attacksVolodymyr Zelenskyy has offered to drop Ukraine’s aspirations to join the Nato military alliance, as he held five hours of talks with US envoys in Berlin on Sunday to end the war with Russia.Donald...

14/12/2025 21:36 The Guardian

AfD Pushes to Publish German Information That Officials Say May Help Russia

Opponents of AfD lawmakers say that their push to publish sensitive details about national security could benefit Russian military planning....

14/12/2025 08:18 New York Times

Dozens Killed as a Hospital Is Bombed in Myanmar’s Brutal Civil War

Jets from the Myanmar military dropped two bombs on the facility in Mrauk-U, in what rebels and witnesses called a deliberate attack on civilians....

13/12/2025 02:29 New York Times

Colombian rebels warn civilians of military drills amid ‘imperialist’ Trump threats

Citizens told to stay at home while ELN guerrillas carry out exercises in response to US president’s cocaine warningColombia’s ELN guerrilla group has ordered civilians in areas under its control to stay home for three days starting on Sunday, while it carries out military exercises in response...

12/12/2025 19:34 The Guardian

A Trickle of Aid Reaches a Captured, War-Ravaged City in Sudan

A local group negotiated permission from the paramilitary force controlling El Fasher, offering a rare glimpse into conditions after a massacre....

12/12/2025 17:46 New York Times

UK imposes sanctions on four RSF officers for ‘heinous’ mass killings in Sudan

Senior commanders accused of atrocities against civilians face asset freezes – but no action against key backer UAE The UK has placed sanctions on four senior commanders of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces suspected of involvement in “heinous” violence against civilians in the city...

12/12/2025 13:09 The Guardian

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