Meet Leonid Nomerchuk, the 39-year-old priest evacuating civilians from Ukrainian villages under Russian missile and drone ...

The rate of growth for Russia’s military spending outpaced all other European countries combined in 2024 as its invasion of ...

Ukraine’s military has started to offer one-year contracts with generous bonuses to men under 25, in a bid to fix the country ...

The Russian army is facing significant equipment shortages. As a result, camels, horses, and even donkeys have started to be ...

The sacred performance signals a deepening of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue and a potential step toward a papal visit to Serbia.

Following the mid-air collision between a civilian airliner and an army helicopter in Washington ... may have been involved in figure skating. Russian state media claimed that former world ...

The goal during their regular night raids is to fire on Russian targets quickly and then maneuver back to safety. This team is one part of a thin line of Ukrainian soldiers holding a 600-mile front ...

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Many readers will be familiar with the dawn chorus, the birdsong that can be heard at the break of day, especially in spring. But this performance lends its name to another type of chorus — one ...

Peculiar bursts of energy called chorus waves have been detected in deep space far from our planet, suggesting they could pose problems for long-distance space travel “It’s a very important ...

The Tartus port is also home to one of Russia’s military bases in Syria, serving as a key logistics hub for the Russian Navy. In addition to Tartus, the Khmeimim Air Base in the Latakia governorate is ...

Russian naval vessels have for years carried out missions near Britain and elsewhere. But Mr. Healey on Wednesday gave an unusual amount of detail about the normally shadowy world of military ...