The top U.S. military officer is warning of a growing arms race in the western Pacific, as nations become increasingly concerned about China’s military buildup in the region following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “There’s a really an underreported arms race going on in the western Pacific right now. These countries …

Russia launched another wave of Iranian-made drones on Kyiv and its surroundings, but Ukraine’s air defenses shot down almost all of them and there were no immediate reports of casualties, the military said on March 27, as heavy fighting continued in and around Bakhmut in the eastern region of Donetsk. …

Two large attacks on police installations have rocked Pakistan, compelling the authorities to rethink their approach to countering militancy. Their dilemma is that the insurgents’ main supporters – the new authorities in Afghanistan – are also their long-time allies. Security agencies in Pakistan are on high alert following two major …