Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

A Nepali man serving in the Russian army was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on Saturday. Tirkha Bahadur Budhathoki, 44, from ward 5 of Sunchhahari Rural Municipality in Rolpa, died in the attack.

The US Army’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is the second-generation successor to the iconic Humvee, used by the American military and about a dozen other nations since the last Iraq war to protect ...

In March 2025, following U.S. President Donald Trump's orders to remove all diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from federal agencies, The Associated Press reported the Pentagon was ...

For more than a century, Fort Benning's name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery. The military changed the name of the Army base in Georgia two years ago, but now the Trump ...

Congress had pushed past President Trump’s veto to rename Fort Bragg, named for a Confederate general, in the final days of his first term. By Chris Cameron Reporting from Fort Bragg, N.C. The ...

A fire that broke out at Sansarkot hill nearby Ribdikot rural municipality-1 and 2 of the district is yet to be doused. According to the District Police Office, the fire could not be taken under ...

Fort Bragg will host a March 7 redesignation ceremony. The name change honors Pfc. Roland L. Bragg, not Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general. The change was directed by Secretary of Defense Pete ...

It's not just programs at risk. Thousands of jobs could also be cut, with Department of Government Efficiency staffers receiving lists of probationary employees who might be let go. In 2023, the ...