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Indonesia deployed thousands of police and military personnel to provide security Thursday for a trial involving former President Joko Widodo, as tensions in the capital ran high over allegations that top officers had been involved in intercepting ...

A tanker ship was hit by two unknown projectiles off the coast of Qatar on Thursday, according to British maritime authorities, as Iran continues to warn ships about the dangers of navigating the Strait of Hormuz.

Vessels and crews from the four "Quad" nations on Thursday launched naval drills that will run through Nov. 12 in waters off Tokyo.

The Justice Department said two Delaware-based defense contractors, ILC Dover LP and ILC Astrospace LLC, agreed to pay the government $13 million to resolve allegations that they failed to meet cybersecurity requirements under their contracts with ...

Russia and Ukraine launched hundreds of missiles and drones at critical targets overnight as diplomats prepared for technical talks over Kyiv's reconstruction in Brussels.

A hacker who worked for former Syrian President Bashar Assad was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for his central role in a scheme targeting nearly 50 government agencies, Western media outlets, businesses and nongovernmental ...

Multiple flights in Europe made emergency landings on Thursday after being diverted because of bomb threats, authorities said. The incidents followed hoax bomb threats earlier this week that prompted searches, diversions and, in one case, a military ...

Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law, in a case that critics say reflects the crackdown on the city's once-thriving pro-democracy ...

The incoming chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said conducting "vigorous oversight" of the Department of Defense and the Trump administration will be its top priority when the Democratic-led Congress is sworn in in January.

Among the most immediate impacts of the midterm elections that will return control of Congress to Democrats next year are expected major cutbacks and cancellations of Trump administration defense policies and programs.