by | Mar 19, 2024 | Security
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A former Iraqi defense minister, who holds dual Iraqi-Swedish citizenship, has been arrested in Sweden, authorities said Tuesday. He is suspected of illegally receiving benefits in the Scandinavian country. Prosecutor Jens Nilsson told Swedish...
by | Mar 19, 2024 | Security
BRUSSELS — The European Union is pressing ahead with a plan to use the profits generated from billions of euros of Russian assets frozen in Europe to help provide weapons and other funds for Ukraine, a senior official said Tuesday. EU foreign policy chief Josep...
by | Mar 19, 2024 | Security
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is asking Congress for $11 billion more than the White House’s fiscal 2025 defense budget request, an amount that is three times greater than the wish list it submitted last year. Much of the money requested in the annual list, obtained by...
by | Mar 19, 2024 | Security
ROME — Italian shipyard Fincantieri has signed another cooperation deal on subsea technology as it pushes into the growing market for underwater drones and cable and pipeline protection. The firm signed a memorandum of understanding with Italian energy firm Saipem to...
by | Mar 18, 2024 | Security
MANILA, Philippines — The Japanese government is taking steps to allow the export of a stealth fighter jet currently under development with the United Kingdom and Italy. The move comes amid a shift in Japan’s security strategy and as the country loosens stringent...
by | Mar 18, 2024 | Security
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un joined troops training on a new tank model and drove one himself, state media reported Thursday, as the country’s rivals South Korea and the U.S. wrapped up their annual military exercises. It’s the third time Kim...
by | Mar 18, 2024 | Security
Winston Churchill described a sobering theme of the Second World War: “How the great democracies triumphed, and so were able to resume the follies which had so nearly cost them their life.” Democracies have historically tended to believe peace will prevail, failing to...
by | Mar 15, 2024 | Security
PARIS — The Netherlands has picked France’s Naval Group to build four attack submarines in a project worth €5.65 billion (U.S. $6.17 billion), beating offers from Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and Sweden’s Saab Kockums in cooperation with Dutch shipbuilder...
by | Mar 15, 2024 | Security
PARIS — The Netherlands has picked France’s Naval Group to build four attack submarines for more than €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion), beating offers from Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Sweden’s Saab Kockums in cooperation with Dutch shipbuilder Damen. Naval...
by | Mar 15, 2024 | Security
ROME — The European Union has named a host of local ammunition firms it will supply with more than half a billion euros, or almost $560 million, in combined funding to help them beef up production in a bid to push the bloc’s annual output of shells to two million a...
