Though armed conflict is becoming increasingly rare as the decades go by, global military spending is rising sharply with ...

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The world is arming itself at the fastest rate since near the end of the Cold War, according to a new report, as major wars ...

Stockholm (AFP) – Worldwide military expenditure saw its steepest rise in 2024 since the end of the Cold War, reaching $2.7 ...

EU members are bound by spending rules obliging them to keep the public deficit below 3% of economic output and debt at 60% ...

World military expenditure reached $2.72 trillion in 2024, an increase of 9.4% from 2023 and the steepest year-on-year rise ...

Of the $72 billion the U.S. military retirement fund paid out in benefits last year, only $24 billion came directly from the ...

The 9.4% year-on-year rise to $2.718 trillion in global military spending in 2024 is the highest figure ever recorded by the authoritative Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI ...