War & Conflict

A U.S. Air Force judge on Wednesday ordered Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, and three co-defendants to go on trial before a military tribunal in June 2028.The trial-scheduling order entered by Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Schrama marked the latest milestone in a military prosecution beset by two decades of legal deadlock surrounding the four detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Last year, a U.S. appeals court refused to allo

As a result of the Russian attack on August 31, another distribution center belonging to the “Aurora” supermarket chain was destroyed.

On Wednesday, two classes worth of soldiers will graduate from the Army’s newest Military Occupational Specialties, or MOS, training course at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. A mix of new recruits straight from bootcamp and veteran soldiers retraining will officially become the Army’s new 15X tactical unmanned aircraft system specialists. So far, the course has graduated more than 250 soldiers in almost a dozen training classes. “The recruiting folks have been gangbusters on this and s

The housing installation at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton in Washington state has become the first of the Navy’s six major restoration and modernization projects funded through the Barracks Task Force to reach completion, according to a recent Navy Installations Command release. The project included a “full-scale interior renovation of the 10-story, 152-room building” following fire and water damage to the original structure in August 2025. The renovation includes 304 new beds and revitalizes “com

In Kherson, a Russian drone struck the roof of a supermarket’s sales floor, injuring a child.

Poland's defense holding, Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ), plans to launch a project with a Ukrainian partner to jointly produce ground robotic systems.

Russian forces have attacked the city of Zaporizhzhia with drones, injuring six people.

After a long deployment in the Middle East, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln will dock in Thailand’s resort city of Pattaya this week, raising hopes of an economic boost, even as local authorities cracked down on parts of the sex tourism destination.The Abraham Lincoln is due to dock on Wednesday at nearby Laem Chabang, with two accompanying Navy vessels, to allow nearly 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard to rest and recuperate after over 200 days at sea, according to Thai offici

An explosion occurred inside the administrative building of a district police department in Rivne, killing one police officer and injuring three others.

The Army’s top energy official recently walked reporters through a series of questions he’s grappling with as part of the push to deploy nuclear microreactors at military installations around the country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine will focus its diplomatic efforts over the coming weeks on financing defense and long-range and mid-range strike operations, energy and preparations for winter, as well as social programs and support for economic activity.

Belgium is standing firm against using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.

Ukraine is already suffering a severe demographic crisis as a result of the decision to eschew peace talks and pursue military victory instead — a decision backed emphatically by U.S. and European leaders earlier in the war. The ensuing combination of large-scale casualties and a mass emigration of Ukrainians has left the country facing several factors that imperil its future as a viable state: not enough young and able-bodied citizens to fund its welfare state, a potential future labor shortage

Congressional leaders are demanding answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after the independent office tasked with reviewing new military programs and weapons pulled all public reports from its website. “One of the most important functions of (the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation) is to provide transparency about the safety and effectiveness of major weapon systems,” wrote Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) in a letter this month. Warren is a ranking me

A Russian drone struck an apartment building in Sumy's Zarichnyi district on August 31, injuring four people.

Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. Illustration by Oisín Mac Con Iomaire On a June night in 1996, in a basement apartment in Boston’s Chinatown, a killer put a pistol to the back of a young man’s head and pulled the trigger. The victim’s body was wrapped in quilts, lowered into the trunk of a car and driven about 20 miles southwest of the city, where it was dumped in the woods. It lay undiscovered th

Russian forces have attacked energy facilities in the Dnipropetrovsk region three times in recent days.

“We have to have a better linkage between our acquisitions officers, or staff, and our operators,” Col. Tim Trimailo, head of the Space Systems Command’s Commercial Space Office, told Breaking Defense.

The European Union is continuing measures targeting Russia's shadow fleet in an effort to severely restrict oil revenues used to fuel the war machine of the aggressor state.

From September 4 to 17, special traffic and access restrictions will be in effect in Uman during the Rosh Hashanah celebrations to ensure the safety of pilgrims and local residents.