Good morning! SOFREP’s Morning Brief is back with the latest insights on defense and global affairs for Sunday, June 8, 2025.

Germany is preparing to expand its network of bunkers and shelters amid growing concerns that Russia could potentially attack ...

Pledges to boost arms spending and trade talks have won allies a reprieve from the president’s barbs and threats. Officials ...

BERLIN, June 7. /TASS/. A 30-year-old woman committed a knife attack in Munich at Theresienwiese, the usual site of the world’s largest beer festival, Oktoberfest, reports the newspaper Bild.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz noted the June 6 D-Day anniversary while pressing Trump to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

President Donald Trump said it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia “fight for a while” before pulling them apart and ...

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, a day after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, that he encountered a U.S. administration open to discussion and ...

Donald Trump has had a whirlwind of a week, but now he’s had a learning moment after making a bizarre comment to a German ...

"This is just another aspect ... enabling the medic on the ground to do their job faster, better, and with a whole lot of confidence," said Col. Anthony King.

German Chancellor Merz came to the White House on June 5. Trump said D-Day was "not a pleasant day" for Germany. It was ...

Trump tells Putin ‘Keep fighting,’ Putin obliges, Hegseth invokes mettle of D-Day troops in Normandy, Trump’s Qatari AF1 may ...

France’s Leclerc and Germany’s Leopard 2 aren’t just main battle tanks—they’re the embodiment of two distinct philosophies in ...