Stockholm, April 27, 2025 (AFP) - Conflicts spur 'unprecedented' rise in military spending

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2025-04-28

Worldwide military expenditure saw its steepest rise in 2024 since the end of the Cold War, reaching $2.7 trillion as wars and rising tensions drove up spending, researchers said Monday. Military spending rose worldwide with particularly large increases in Europe and the Middle East, according to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Several European countries had seen "unprecedented" rises in their militar......

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