Good morning! Start your Friday with SOFREP’s Morning Brief for May 23, 2025—your quick intel on defense and global affairs.

The Russian Security Council pointed out that during the forum, "high-level experts will, in a professional atmosphere free of politicization, discuss global and regional security issues that require ...

Iran and the United States are set to resume nuclear talks in Rome amid rising tensions, hard-line demands, and Israeli ...

The Pentagon claims that the US is at risk of missile attacks from countries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un said a new naval destroyer was damaged in a "serious accident and criminal act caused by ...

While the pact does not include a mutual defense clause, it outlines commitments for both countries to cooperate against ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has just unveiled a massive new missile defence project called the Golden Dome — a $175 billion plan designed to protect the U.S. from long-range threats, especially from ...

Such a defence programme is 'long overdue' and 'absolutely necessary' amid growing threats from China, North Korea and Russia, experts have warned.

President Trump on Tuesday held a White House event to hype his planned Golden Dome missile defense system, which he ...

Michael A. Ledeen, influential in the Cold War and a proponent of nonviolent revolution in Iran, dies at 83. His work ...

Pakistan has been accused of providing safe havens for terrorist groups, including the Taliban, which has led to a complex ...

As the United States continues negotiations with Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons, if it does not already ...