Japan’s government has formally approved a revision of the so-called Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology, effectively lifting restrictions on arms exports, including lethal weapons, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said.

A series of Ukrainian drone strikes targeted the Russian port city of Novorossiysk and the neighboring industrial hub of Tuapse on April 20, 2026, resulting in at least one death.

The United States and Philippines, alongside several partner nations, have launched large-scale military exercises aimed at testing “real-world” combat readiness across land, sea, air, and missile defense operations.

Alphabet’s Google is in discussions with the US Department of Defense over a potential agreement that would allow the Pentagon to deploy its Gemini artificial intelligence models in classified environments, according to a report by The Information.

Australia will increase military spending by 53 billion Australian dollars ($38.1 billion) over the next 10 years under its 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS), announced on Thursday.

NATO is studying how to use ground and air robots to replace human soldiers in assaults, something Ukraine has been doing for more than a year.  But that hasn’t stopped Russia’s continuous assault with its own, increasingly autonomous one-way attack drones.

Indonesia has agreed to expand defense industry cooperation with France, following recent agreements with both United States and Russia, Jakarta announced on Wednesday after high-level talks in Paris.

Italy has suspended its defense agreement with Israel, which involves the exchange of military equipment and technology research, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and diplomatic sources said Tuesday.

Japanese police on Tuesday rearrested Kodai Murata, second lieutenant in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (SDF), who is suspected of violating Japan's Firearms and Swords Control Law by forcibly breaking into the Chinese Embassy in Japan on March 24, according to Japanese media reports. Previously, he had been arrested on suspicion of trespassing at the Chinese Embassy in Japan.