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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio shaking hands with Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis beside the aircraft steps at Athens airport at night

Greece

Rubio in Athens: Turkish press reacts to the $4 billion FMS and Stryker announcement, Yeni Şafak writes “Greece surrendered to the US”

Part of the Turkish press greeted Marco Rubio’s visit to Athens and the sixth US–Greece Strategic Dialogue with…

October 8, 2026 · 10:402 min readUpdated October 12, 2026 · 10:06

A Stryker of the US Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment with camouflage netting on a dirt track during exercise Saber Junction 25 at Hohenfels, Germany

Analysis

Analysis: Stryker for Greece, what the US has confirmed, what remains open and what changes for the Army

Analysis: The United States has officially confirmed it will provide Stryker armoured vehicles to Greece, but the joint…

October 8, 2026 · 06:0011 min readUpdated October 12, 2026 · 10:06

Tan JLTV tactical vehicle fitted with the AeroVironment LOCUST high-energy laser turret and sensors, parked on desert terrain

Drones

USA: Four laser and microwave weapons selected to protect US bases from drones

The Pentagon announced on October 5 the four directed-energy weapons – three high-energy lasers and one high-power microwave…

October 8, 2026 · 05:203 min readUpdated October 12, 2026 · 10:06

A US Army M2 Bradley fighting vehicle covered in snow driving across a snowy training area in Lithuania

Europe

Lithuania ready to pay for a permanent US base; Trump: “We will certainly look at it”

Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said on October 6 that Vilnius is ready to cover the cost of…

October 8, 2026 · 04:402 min readUpdated October 12, 2026 · 10:06

Two Stryker vehicles of the US Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment in a meadow at Hohenfels, Germany

Military & Defense

Greece and the US announce $4 billion in Foreign Military Sales and the provision of Stryker vehicles to Greece

A joint statement issued after the sixth US–Greece Strategic Dialogue announces $4 billion in Foreign Military Sales and…

October 7, 2026 · 21:432 min readUpdated October 12, 2026 · 10:06

US Marines work on laptops inside an observation tower on Ie Shima, Okinawa, during exercise Keen Sword 25

Asia-Pacific

Keen Sword 27: Japan and the US to drill defence of the south-western islands, with 45,000 Japanese troops and missiles on Yonaguni and Ishigaki

Exercise Keen Sword 27 will run from October 19 to 29 with 45,000 Japanese personnel, 40 ships and…

October 7, 2026 · 17:002 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:47

Greece

Rubio in Athens: US secretary of state to deliver a speech on defending Western civilization at the Pnyx, with the Acropolis as backdrop

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will speak at the Pnyx at 18:00 today, October 7, about the…

October 7, 2026 · 14:133 min readUpdated October 12, 2026 · 10:06

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis during the Greece–US meeting in Athens

Europe

Rubio in Athens: Greece is “an indispensable NATO Ally”, with defence and energy at the heart of US–Greece ties

At the opening of the sixth Greece–US Strategic Dialogue, Marco Rubio called Greece an indispensable NATO ally and…

October 7, 2026 · 14:135 min readUpdated October 12, 2026 · 10:06

Aerial view of the Seimas parliamentary complex in Vilnius, archive photograph from May 2021

Politics & Diplomacy

Lithuania backs lifting nuclear weapons and foreign bases ban in first vote; Kremlin warns of escalation

Lithuania’s Seimas passed the first vote to remove its ban on nuclear weapons and foreign bases. A second…

October 7, 2026 · 04:304 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:47

PAC-3 interceptor launches from a Patriot launcher during an interception test at dusk, archive photograph

Military & Defense

Boeing wins $14.7 billion contract to triple PAC-3 MSE seeker production

Boeing received a contract worth approximately $14.7 billion from Lockheed Martin to triple PAC-3 MSE seeker production, with…

October 7, 2026 · 04:002 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:47

Virginia-class submarine Massachusetts SSN-798 at sea during initial trials, archive October 2025

Military & Defense

Anduril and U.S. Navy plan $6.6 billion submarine production expansion in Maryland

Anduril plans a $3.7 billion Maryland shipyard, backed by a Navy contract worth up to $2.9 billion, to…

October 7, 2026 · 03:303 min readUpdated October 12, 2026 · 10:07

U.S. Navy destroyer and helicopter in haze during an April 2026 Hormuz mine-clearance mission

Politics & Diplomacy

Iran says Hormuz will stay closed until its seven conditions are met

Iran’s parliamentary speaker said on October 4 that seven conditions must be met before Hormuz reopens. Araghchi warned…

October 5, 2026 · 18:303 min readUpdated October 12, 2026 · 10:06