Warships from China, Russia and Iran amassed in the waters off South Africa to kick off a weeklong drill alongside the South African National Defense Force. Dubbed “Will For Peace 2026,” the naval exercise brings together countries from BRICS Plus,

Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships have launched a week of naval drills with host South African off the coast of Cape Town as geopolitical tensions run high over the United States’ intervention in Venezuela.

A US Navy veteran “abducted” by Russia has been jailed for five years for illegally transporting weapons. A court in Russia on Monday announced it had found Charles Zimmerman guilty after a rifle was found on his yacht when he docked in the port city of Sochi last year.

U.S. Navy veteran Charles Wayne Zimmerman was sentenced to 5 years in Russian prison after allegedly failing to declare a firearm oboard his yacht in Sochi port.

The Russian Navy operates just a handful of multirole jet-powered amphibious flying boats. One was intercepted by the Italian Air Force F-2000s over the Baltic Sea. On Jan. 16, 2026, at 11.30LT, two Eurofighter Typhoon jets of the Italian Air Force,

Current and former commanders, analysts and military bloggers are having a surprisingly open debate about whether drones have made Russia’s longstanding approach to battle obsolete.

Chuck Zimmerman, 58, was handed a 5-year sentence by a court in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi after a firearm was found on his yacht in June, the Krasnodar regional courts’ press service said in a statement. Russian authorities found the weapon while inspecting it upon arrival in Sochi, the statement said.

Around 422,000 people signed contracts with the Russian military last year, a six percent drop from 2024, the deputy chair of Russia's security council said Friday. The supreme commander-in-chief's goal has been met: 422,