The Pentagon believes the US needs to rapidly expand its drone capabilities and has launched an 18-month competition called "Drone Dominance" to identify the most promising manufacturers.

The Ukraine and Iran wars revealed the value of drones, and the U.S. has launched a contest to produce what are essentially cheap flying bombs — 300,000 of them.

One person was killed and at least eight were injured in Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Odesa oblasts on 27 May and on the night of 27-28 May.

Reported by: Timothy Jones with Reuters, AFP, AP, dpa Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he ordered the military to strike Beirut's southern suburbs Kuwait says its air defenses have been responding to missile and drone attacks The US military said it has targeted radar and drone sites in Iran Iran's paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has struck a US base in retaliation for the US attacks This is a roundup of

Another American MQ-9 Reaper drone has reportedly been shot down over western Yemen in an incident claimed by Iran-backed Houthi forces. Images and videos circulating online appear to show wreckage bearing markings linked to the advanced U.

Iran then said it launched a strike of its own, and Kuwait reported incoming fire. The nominal ceasefire between Iran and the US has been repeatedly tested with such back-and-forth attacks, even as officials from both countries try to negotiate an end to the war.

Tensions are rising again as President Trump lays out three things Iran must agree to in order to make a deal with the U.S.

Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drones reportedly struck targets in Iraqi Kurdistan despite a fragile regional ceasefire. Kurdish security officials said at least three drones hit positions linked to the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) north of Erbil early Friday,