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Irish troops should be deployed to Lebanon as part of a new EU mission and be involved in both peacekeeping and peace enforcement duties, according to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Helen McEntee.

Vote to send forces comes after a recent defence pact between the two neighbouring countries.

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised 15 terrorists in a precision air strike in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. Read More: https://punchng.com/troops-kill-15-terrorists-in-borno/

Over 2,500 British and French troops have taken part in a wargame in Germany designed to show how NATO territory could be defended against an attack.

The Minister of Defence has pledged that Nigerian troops who died during peacekeeping missions in Liberia and Sierra Leone under ECOMOG will be immortalise Read More: https://punchng.com/fg-to-immortalise-fallen-ecomog-troops/

The Nigerian Army has deployed 600 personnel to India for specialised jungle and mountain warfare training to enhance combat proficiency in difficult terra Read More: https://punchng.com/army-deploys-600-troops-to-india-for-training/

Pentagon memo: Insider trading gives US enemies key intel on military operations.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's ordered a major military operation in the occupied West Bank after a shooting attack by two Palestinian men that killed two soldiers. CBS News' Dov Lieber and Robert Berger have more.

Israel's Netanyahu says he ordered the military to cordon off a major city in the occupied West Bank after an attack by Palestinian gunmen that killed two Israeli soldiers.

Lebanese and British troops have concluded a three-week joint exercise in Lebanon aimed at enhancing co-operation between the two militaries. Operation Pegasus Cedar 2026 was held at a pivotal time for the Lebanese Armed Forces, which have been given the formidable challenge of disarming Iran-backed Hezbollah and extending state control across the country. T

The service members at Navy and Marine Corps hearings are finding ways to keep trans troops in uniform.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a new directive telling troops they cannot use “nonpublic information” to make bets on prediction markets

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele threatens a harsher military response if Haitian gangs don’t return four Salvadoran members of a U.N.-backed force alive.

The U.S. military has been quietly reducing its footprint at posts in the Middle East due to ongoing threats from Iran and Yemen's Houthi rebels, officials tell CBS News. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio has more details.

Syria has deployed troops to reinforce the southern province of Sweida amid Israeli military activity that could be aimed at setting up a base in the area, security sources said. The troops have been sent to a front line in Sweida near where members of the Druze minority have mobilised militias with Israeli backing. Sweida, the Druze heartland, is one of sev

Israeli forces killed a disabled civilian in Daraa province and abducted a young man while blocking a U.N. patrol in neighboring Quneitra province Thursday, according to local medi...

North Korea has told its border troops to take "prompt and resolute action" if South Korean forces threaten their safety, state media said on Wednesday, raising the risk of a clash along the heavily armed frontier.

The scale and the police's apparent inability to contain the turmoil has shocked France, inflaming tensions ahead of presidential elections next year.

<p>Government planning tougher security measures as France also says military forces will be deployed</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/europe-protests-france-spain-portugal-2026-explainer">Why are people protesting across Europe?</a></p></li></ul><p>Italy’s government is sending 500 soldiers to Milan and vowed a “firm resp

Houthi rebels killed at least 53 Yemeni government soldiers in a ballistic missile strike on a military camp Monday, one of the deadliest attacks since fighting surged this summer,...