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The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) conducted a study on the U.S. military, finding "no evidence that the number of violent extremists in the military is disproportionate to the number of violent extremists in the United States as a whole."

Iran and Russia have finalized an agreement to trade using their local currencies instead of the U.S. dollar, according to Iranian state media.

The Senate enacted an $886 billion defense spending proposal this week, a measure that includes financing for Ukraine, yearly pay hikes for personnel, and a reauthorization of the the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Mike Johnson are set to meet with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday.

Italy has informed China that it is removing itself from the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

U.S Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that America's production of munitions will "quadruple."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the war with Russia is now in a new stage as winter is expected to "complicate fighting."

Paul Whelan, a U.S. Marine veteran who has been imprisoned in Russia for several years was attacked this week by another inmate, his family reported.

The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg announced that Ukraine will be joining the alliance after it concludes its war with Russia.

According to the Finnish government, the country has closed all but one of its eight border crossings over the past two weeks after more than 700 migrants from Middle Eastern countries have come in.