Military news headlines

The defence minister said a significant amount of wreckage has been recovered.

The crash, one of Australia's worst peacetime military disasters in almost 20 years, has stoked serious safety concerns over the MRH-90 Taipan.

The first of the new planes is expected to arrive in Australia in 2027.

The ship is believed to be sitting off Queensland's coast to watch the exercises.

Talisman Sabre began in 2005 as a biennial joint exercise between the United States and Australia.

The White House expressed deep concern about the well-being of a U.S. soldier who bolted across the heavily armed North Korea border earlier this week.

Travis King, a junior enlisted soldier assigned to US Forces Korea, had faced assault charges in South Korea.

The soldier in his 20s is the first first American detained in the North in nearly five years.

Cluster bombs have long been criticised because they often leave behind unexploded bomblets that can harm civilians long after a battle has ended.

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is waging an unprecedented campaign to try to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions.

Here's what we know about the ICBMs in North Korea's arsenal.

How serious are the risks of an attack at the power plant? And how disastrous would this be for Ukraine and the wider world?

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Russia's "illegal" and "immoral" invasion of Ukraine is a big theme of the NATO Summit as he reaffirmed Australia's support for the people of Ukraine.

Russia says three-hour meeting took place at the Kremlin and also involved commanders from the military company Prigozhin founded.

The PM is finalising plans to export more than 1000 locally made Boxer heavy weapon carrier vehicles to Germany, starting in 2025.

Ukrainian officials celebrated the blast at the time but did not make a clear claim of responsibility.

It comes as Ukrainian forces have struggled to make major gains in their counteroffensive against Russia.

When Russian soldiers marched into Ukraine on February 24 last year the world watched on in disbelief.

Russian fighter jets harassed an American drone operating over Syria for the second time in two days, according to the US Air Force.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy alleged Russian troops had placed "objects resembling explosives" on top of several of the plant's power units to "simulate" an attack from outside.

Ten Palestinians have died in an Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank.

At least eight people are dead and video from the scene showed wounded Palestinians being evacuated by ambulance

Zelenskyy claimed half of Russia supported the Wagner boss and the paramilitary group's mutiny.

Documents shared exclusively with CNN suggest that a top Russian military commander, General Sergey Surovikin, was a secret VIP member of the Wagner Group.

The pizza restaurant was frequented by journalists, aid workers and soldiers, as well as local residents.

He blamed the West and Kyiv for setting Russians against Russians, and promised "justice" to the ringleaders.

Australia will soon send more cash and military support to Ukraine to fight invading Russian forces.

Russian leader must navigate the aftermath of the most serious challenge to his authority since he came to power in 2000.

Here is a look at the 62-year-old Prigozhin and Wagner’s role in the war.

A long-serving Air Force chief will take on a new role protecting Australia from cybersecurity threats as the country seeks to step up its response to the growing threat in that area.

The comments appeared to crack open a new rift just after the two countries agreed to tentative steps to stabilise the relationship.

Jacqui Lambie told the Senate that military leaders have not been held accountable for alleged war crimes while soldiers have.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said he was satisfied with progress in key talks, but the US had one major caveat.

Animosity and recriminations have steadily escalated over a series of disagreements that have implications for global security and stability.

Daniel Ellsberg, a former military analyst and anti-war activist whose disclosure of the so-called Pentagon Papers revealed systemic US government deception about the Vietnam War, has died, his family announced in a statement.

The former SAS soldier insisted he did nothing wrong during his service in Afghanistan.

The shooting took place during a live-fire training exercise and several other people were wounded.

The discovery of HMS Triumph came after a 20-year search by a veteran diver.

As Russia and the United States gradually dismantle their retired warheads, China is building its arsenal.

Russia insists its forces are holding lines after the start of Ukraine's long awaited counteroffensive.

Ukraine's security services have reportedly claimed an intercepted phone call shows Russian involvement in the collapse of Kakhovka dam earlier this week.

Iran is providing Russia with materials to build a drone manufacturing plant east of Moscow as the Kremlin looks to lock in a steady supply of weaponry for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine

Two nearby villages under occupation, Dnipryany and Korsunka, were underwater up to the rooftops of homes and a bright blue church.

Authorities have been rushing supplies of drinking water to flooded areas from a collapsed dam in southern Ukraine.

A cathedral dating backs hundreds of years to 1809 has been hit by a missile strike.

The collapse flooded villages, endangered crops in the country's breadbasket and threatened drinking water supplies.

The United States military has released video of what it called an "unsafe" Chinese manoeuvre in the Taiwan Strait on the weekend.

The near collision between US and Chinese naval vessels in the Taiwan Strait highlighted the dangers of a military miscalculation in a dispute that stretches back decades.

She is among hundreds of children killed in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

The US said it would not "flinch in the face of bullying or coercion" after the much-criticised incident.