Phil Stewart

Listen to this article U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin announced $400-million in new arms for Ukraine on Monday during a visit to Kyiv

KYIV -- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced $400 million in new arms for Ukraine on Monday during a visit to Kyiv, in a show of solidarity just two weeks before a U.S. presidential election that is casting uncertainty over the future of Western support.

The United States said for the first time yesterday that it had seen evidence of North Korean troops in Russia.

Hours after Iranian missiles rained down on Israel on Oct. 1, President Joe Biden's administration sent an urgent message to Israel: Take a breath.

“A portion of those soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine, and we are increasingly concerned that Russia intends to use these soldiers in

The U.S. will not impose new limits on Ukraine's use of American weapons if North Korea joins Russia's war, the Pentagon said on Monday, as NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to the Kursk region in Russia.

NATO has confirmed North Korean troops are in Russia’s Kursk region, fanning Western concerns the conflict in Ukraine could widen.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not say what they believed the North Korean forces were doing in Kursk and one of the officials said it was unclear how they would be aiding Russia.

“We remain concerned that Russia intends to use these soldiers in combat or to support combat operations against Ukrainian forces in Kursk,” Pentagon

North Korea's deployment to Russia to aid its war against Ukraine has the potential to lengthen the already 2½-year-old conflict and draw in others, U.S.