In 2016, as then-presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed that US troops would carry out even his most extreme battlefield orders as commander in chief — some of which former military leaders said ...

The US military carried out a follow-up strike on a suspected drug vessel operating in the Caribbean on September 2 after an ...

The German Defense Ministry confirmed Tuesday that “a shipment of thousands of rounds of ammunition” bound for the armed ...

Germany’s Bundestag voted for a bill on Friday that allows the country to move towards conscription, as tensions with Russia spur calls for Europe to gain more independence from the US security ...

The controversy over who gave the order for a second strike that apparently killed people clinging to an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean has raised important questions about how and ...

Hegseth described the refusal of illegal commands as part of the military’s ethos — a message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.

CNN analyzed Venezuelan military footage, verified social media video, and other open-source data since early September to ...

In Venezuela, daily routines seem undisturbed: children attending school, adults going to work, vendors opening their businesses. But beneath this facade lurks anxiety, fear, and frustration, with ...

Israeli authorities are reviewing an incident in which soldiers shot and killed two people who appeared to be surrendering in ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. There’s a lot to worry any American who look at the US military buildup around ...

Ammar Wadi knew he was risking his life when he set out to get a bag of flour for his family from an aid truck near the Zikim crossing into Gaza in June.