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President Donald Trump stated he discussed a potential ceasefire in Ukraine during a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 29, marking the latest diplomatic engagement between the two leaders on the four-year conflict. According to Trump, speaking to reporters during an Oval Office meeting with Artemis II astronauts, he suggested "a little bit of a ceasefire" and believes Putin may implement such a measure....

Ukraine has leveraged combat-proven drone capabilities into a series of defense partnerships spanning Europe and the Middle East, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy seeks to strengthen alliances amid uncertain U.S....

The Pentagon disclosed that Operation Epic Fury in Iran has cost approximately $25 billion through April 29, marking the first public accounting of the conflict's financial impact since joint U.S....

CoAspire unveiled an extended-range variant of its low-cost cruise missile at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space 2026 conference, offering the U.S....

India inducted its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine and moved closer to an $8 billion procurement of German conventional submarines, significantly expanding underwater capabilities as Chinese naval activity increases in the Indian Ocean. The indigenously built INS Aridhaman, India's third SSBN, was commissioned earlier this month....

The U.S....