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European Edition Saturday, 17 October 2026
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War & Defense

War & Defense

The war in Ukraine, NATO, European defense and security coverage.

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Trump to formally nominate Cao as Navy Secretary

Navy veteran Hung Cao has been the service’s acting secretary since April.

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US approves potential $800 million helicopter sale to Iraq

The proposed sale “will improve Iraq’s capability to meet current and future threats by improving its rotary wing transport, recon

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Russian strike hits rail workers in new deadly attacks on Kyiv

Ukrainian officials say 17 people, including two children, were injured in the capital and the wider region.

Western allies tighten economic pressure on Russia amid escalating hybrid warfare

Lockheed and General Dynamics win contracts to surge depleted US missile production

Sweden signs $4 billion order for four French Naval Group frigates

USS Abraham Lincoln’s visit to Thailand lifts hope and sex-tourism risk

New Zealand Army Deepens Defence Integration With Australia to Maximise Capabilities

'A huge vanity project' - when Sputnik crash-landed in Scotland

Submarine maintenance delays, ‘idle time’ cost $3.4 billion, GAO says

What we should make of CIA boss's secret trip to Moscow

US Navy eyes port stops in Africa, India after USS Abraham Lincoln’s marathon deployment

How a Ukrainian commander sped through the ‘kill zone’ to save wounded troops

US flexes new ship-sinking weapons at summer naval exercises

US cancels joint marine drills with South Korea over Iran war-related force constraints

UK’s Burnham to visit Ukraine with plan to support long-range missile production

Republic of Ireland net migration continues to fall from Ukraine war peak

The US Navy has battled operational tempo ordeals for years. The Iran war exposed the flaws.

Belgian firefighters push to encircle ‘largest wildfire in a century’, as it happened

Miliband seizes EU talks from No 10, targets wealth tax at G20

Russian missile strikes kill four in Kyiv as Ukraine presses US for Patriot production

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