Daily Archives: Jul 4, 2026

Will the sale of America's most advanced stealth fighter to Saudi Arabia tip the balance of power-or hand adversaries the keys to its secrets? That is the question now facing Washington as the Trump administration presses ahead with a proposed multi‑billion‑dollar deal for 48 Lockheed Martin F‑35 Lightning II...

"A specially calculated attack to cause as much harm as possible to people and civilian infrastructure," wrote Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, after Russia's latest strike on Kyiv. The early-morning assault killed four and injured at least 29 in one of the most intense bombardments of the capital in recent...

In the last couple of weeks, NATO's Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List catapulted back into the spotlight with the striking announcement that eight Nordic and Baltic nations were pooling $500 million to buy U.S. weapons for Ukraine. This is at a time when Russia is stepping up strikes on Ukraine's...