North Korea's missile program is progressing faster than expected, South Korea's defense minister said on Tuesday, after the UN Security Council demanded the North halt all nuclear and ballistic missile tests and condemned Sunday's test-launch. Han Min-koo told South Korea's parliament the...

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Monday downplayed differences with EU partners over the bloc's military ambitions, saying London supported their efforts to bolster defense cooperation. Reports Friday put Brexit-bound Britain in the dock for blocking the launch of an EU military...

Governments and computer experts girded Monday for a possible worsening of the global cyber attack that has hit more than 150 countries, as Microsoft warned against stockpiling vulnerabilities like the one at the heart of the crisis. European policing and security agencies said the fallout...

Oil prices jumped on Monday after the energy ministers of top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia jointly said that an OPEC-led crude production cut would be extended from the middle of this year until March 2018. Brent crude was at $51.66 per barrel at 0410 GMT, up 82 cents, or 1.6 percent,...