Yemen's armed forces have the upper hand in battles against the Saudi-led military coalition and its allied Takfiri militants, says the country's defense minister.

Former US defense secretary Mark Esper in his new book reveals that then-president Donald Trump asked him in 2020 about launching missiles into Mexico to "destroy the drug labs" and kill cartels.

The United States has approved the sale of up to $95 million worth of training and equipment to support Chinese Taipei's Patriot missile defense system, the Pentagon says, amid heightened tensions between China and the self-ruled island.

The US is building up its military presence in the Persian Gulf region and stoking tensions, contrary to its claims of a planned withdrawal from the Middle East.

Saudi Arabia pleads with Persian Gulf countries to get interceptor missiles for its US-made Patriot systems amid increasing attacks by Yemeni forces in retaliation for the Riyadh-led bombing campaign, a report says.

The United States has removed its most advanced missile defense system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, the AP reports.

The United States has approved a request from Taiwan to modernize the self-ruled island’s Patriot surface-to-air missile systems to counter what it claims as "regional threats".