President Xi Jinping (center) opens China's annual National People’s Congress on March 5. Credit: Li Xueren/Xinhua/Alamy Live News China's 2024 budget includes a 7.2% increase for defense which will ...
In December Riyadh announced its budget for 2024 which included a 3.9% boost for defense expenditure. The increase will see spending rise from the SAR259 billion budgeted on 2023 to SAR269 billion—an ...