
The US has removed its most advanced missile defense system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press show. Prince Sultan Air Base, some 115 kilometers (70 miles) southeast of Riyadh, has hosted several thousand US troops since a 2019 missile-and-drone attack ...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has pushed back against criticism that European allies were not duly consulted ahead of the abrupt US withdrawal from Afghanistan, which has been slammed by critics as nothing short of a “mistake of historic magnitude”. NATO gave its unanimous approval for the withdrawal as far back ...