Global for Friday, March 14, 2025

• Senate passes six-month funding bill to avoid government shutdown
• B-52s train over Scandinavian countries to show NATO support
• Senate confirms Trump’s pick for deputy secretary of defense
• Islamic State leader for Iraq and Syria killed, Iraq says
• Libya, where US and Russia joust, could test Trump-Putin vibes
• Defense Innovation Unit picks four firms to test one-way drones
• How Poland straddles a trans-Atlantic defense divide
• NATO to ask allies for 30% capability boost, top commander says