Defense
AI defense booms in UK and Germany as new wave of billion-dollar startups emerge
The U.K. and Germany are emerging as key hubs for a new wave of AI defense startups, as Europe scrambles to rearm amid rising geopolitical tensions. Private funding for defense startups across the region has ramped up in recent years, with investors looking to tap into increasing government military budgets, driven by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine […]
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Japan threatening us militarily, China foreign minister tells German counterpart
Federal Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (l, CDU) and Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, greet each other before their talks. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Japan is threatening China militarily which is “completely unacceptable”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his German counterpart, after Japan said that Chinese […]
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Trump-brokered truce under threat as Thailand-Cambodia fighting reignites
A Thai soldier wounded by gunfire from Cambodian soldiers is taken to hospital by helicopter for medical treatment in Thailand on Dec. 8, 2025. The Royal Thai Army | Handout | Anadolu | Getty Images Thailand said its fighter jets struck Cambodia on Monday in an attempt to cripple its military capability, as a re-eruption […]
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Chinese jets point radar at Japanese aircraft, Japan says
Shinjiro Koizumi, Japan’s defense minister, center, speaks during a visit to Yonaguni, Japan, on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan said on Sunday that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at Japanese military aircraft in two “dangerous” incidents near Japan’s Okinawa islands, an account Beijing disputed. “These radar illuminations are a dangerous […]
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New York Times sues Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth over restrictive Pentagon media rules
The New York Times building is seen on September 16, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The New York Times on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging new restrictions on reporters who cover the Pentagon, which the newspaper says violate the U.S Constitution’s free press protections. The suit against the Defense […]
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Taking on China from Russia’s border: Inside Europe’s biggest rare earths factory
A view of the NEO magnetic plant in Narva, a city in northeastern Estonia. A plant producing rare-earth magnets for Europe’s electric vehicle and wind-energy sectors. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images NARVA, Estonia — Europe’s big bet to break China’s rare earths dominance starts on Russia’s doorstep. The continent’s largest […]
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A little-known startup just used AI to make a moon dust battery for Blue Origin
Artificial intelligence has created a device that turns moon dust into energy. The moon vacuum, which was unveiled on Wednesday by Blue Origin at Amazon‘s re:Invent 2025 conference in Las Vegas, was built using critical technology from startup Istari Digital. “So what it does is sucks up moon dust and it extracts the heat from […]
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India is set to host Russia’s Putin, deepening trade ties, unfazed by punitive U.S. tariffs
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin awards India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia July 9, 2024. Evgenia Novozhenina | Reuters As India reels under punitive U.S. tariffs over its purchases of Russian oil, New Delhi is all set to host President Vladmir […]
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Leonardo unveils ‘Michelangelo Dome’ as Europe looks to bolster sovereign defense systems
Italian defense company Leonardo has announced plans for an AI-powered shield for cities and critical infrastructure (Leonardo S.p.A. and subsidiaries) © Leonardo S.p.A. and subsidiaries Italian defense company Leonardo on Thursday unveiled plans for an AI-powered shield for cities and critical infrastructure, adding to Europe’s push to ramp up sovereign defense capabilities amid rising geopolitical […]
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Airbus CEO says Europe’s ‘digital battlefield’ will take a decade to build
Key Points Europe’s ambitions to create a “combat cloud,” where defense-related data is exchanged between nations securely, could take over a decade. That’s according to Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, who sat down with CNBC’s Charlotte Reed in a fireside chat at the Adopt AI conference in Paris. The combat cloud part of a range of space-based […]
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