U.S. military officers observed joint war games between Russia and Belarus. Russia and Belarus began the "Zapad-2025" exercise at training grounds in both countries on Friday at a time of heightened t

Japan—a key United States ally—sent its air force to North America and Europe to strengthen cooperation with NATO amid threats from Russia, China and North Korea. Newsweek has emailed the Russian and Chinese foreign ministries for comment.

Once a modest Central Asian security forum, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation now pits Beijing’s ambitions against Western dominance, with its August summit casting President Xi Jinping as a champion of a new multipolar order.

U.S. ground-based air defenses, drones and warships in Europe could be shifted to the Pacific in the event of a conflict with China, leaving NATO vulnerable to a follow-on attack from Russia, a new report says.