Last month, Giorgia Meloni, the president of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, strongly criticised EU defence policy, claiming that no country is meeting its defence spending commitments. FRANCE 24's Georgina Robertson and Sophie Samaille look at some defence spending figures to debunk this claim.

Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will prepare for his defence against an International Criminal Court probe into his deadly drug war after he retires from politics.

Senegalese living in some of Senegal's most arid regions are building circular, drought-resistant gardens known as Tolou Keurs with hopes of improving food security and, as part of Africa's Great Green Wall project, impeding the Sahara desert's steady advance.

The planemaker's Germany-based subsidiary, Defence and Space, has said it's undergoing "restructuring" after major financial losses. The group will cut a total of 2,362 jobs.

The Senate today, has adjourned plenary session until the 5th of November. The Senate upon resumption of a two weeks break which was to enable committees to hold budget defence with the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies, (MDAs).

With the passage of the second reading of the 2020 appropriation bill by the Senate, all federal ministries, departments and agencies have been given dates to commence the defence of their budgets in the Senate.

Election Tribunal: Buhari, APC close defence after calling seven witnesses

Armed forces act - Minister, Defence chief seek review of laws

U.S. President Donald Trump will be "really tough" when he meets his NATO allies for the first time in Brussels on Thursday and will demand that they raise their defence spending, according to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

Alleged N3.2 Billion fraud - Defence challenges failure to frontload witness statement.

US President Donald Trump is planning to increase military spending by nearly 10 percent. The US is already the world's biggest spender on defence, but Trump's first budget is said to include an extra $54bn.