France, a key European member of NATO, deployed its only aircraft carrier, FS Charles de Gaulle, for a planned five-month ...

Algeria says it has shot down a military drone near the country’s border with Mali. It's the first incident of its kind ...

The Algerian army shot down an "armed surveillance drone" that violated the country's airspace, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.

Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's largest conscription drive in 14 years. His ultimate goal is to have an army larger than America's, our Moscow correspondent explains. Follow the latest below ...