Total war is warfare by any means possible, disregarding the laws of war, placing no limits on legitimate military targets, using weapons and tactics resulting in significant civilian casualties, or demanding a …

Nov 15, 2025 · War, in the popular sense, a conflict between political groups involving hostilities of considerable duration and magnitude. Sociologists usually apply the term to such conflicts only if …

3 days ago · The UK is "rapidly developing" plans to prepare the whole country for the possible outbreak of war, the armed forces minister has said. Underlining the role civilians would have to play in a major ...

The Department of War provides the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security.

2 days ago · President Volodymyr Zelenskiy offered to drop Ukraine's aspirations to join the NATO military alliance as he held five hours of talks with U.S. envoys in Berlin on Sunday to end the war with...

Israel says it killed a top Hamas commander in Gaza after an explosive device detonated and wounded two soldiers in the territory’s south. The Associated Press is an independent global news …

3 days ago · Europe must prepare for a conflict with Russia “on the scale our grandparents endured”, Nato’s secretary general has said in a stark warning to the West. Tensions have been escalating …

Unpacking reports of a U.S. peace plan for Ukraine.

Conflict deaths recently increased in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, stressing that the future of these trends is uncertain. On this page, you can find data, visualizations, and writing on how …

Conflict deaths in the 17 deadliest conflicts 2015–2020 This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. The criteria of inclusion are the …