KANSAS: The arrest of a US soldier with far-right sympathies who is suspected of plotting an attack on American soil to spark “chaos” has highlighted a challenge for the Pentagon: purging its…
WASHINGTON: U.S. military cyber forces launched a strike against Iranian military computer systems on Thursday as President Donald Trump backed away from plans for a more conventional military strike in response to…
WASHINGTON: The US Department of Defense said Thursday the estimated number of sexual assaults in the military climbed nearly 38 per cent in 2018 compared with a survey two years earlier, data…
MOGADISHU: The US military says it has carried out an airstrike in Somalia that killed four members of the al-Shabab extremist group. The US Africa Command says this is the 19th such…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump, speaking on Thursday after canceling a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said the US military stood ready if Kim were to take any “foolish” action.…
BEIJING: New tensions between Pakistan and the United States will make the Afghan conflict more intense and violent, says Chinese media. Reacting against the suspension aid to Pakistan, the Global Times in…
WASHINGTON: Pentagon officials are watching for Pakistan’s next moves after Washington froze security aid payments to Islamabad, claiming it is not doing enough to target Afghan Taliban and Haqqani group bases. The…
OKINAWA: Part of a US helicopter has crashed on a school in Okinawa, Japan, renewing tensions with the local population. The window dropped on the school grounds, slightly injuring one boy, news…
In a widely anticipated move, Trump directed the military “to return to the longstanding policy and practice on military service by transgender individuals prior to June 2016” – to go into effect from March 23, 2018.
Afghan forces are suffering rising levels of battlefield casualties this year after unprecedented numbers of police and soldiers were killed and wounded in 2015, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said. U.S.…
Afghanistan on Saturday hailed Washington´s decision to expand the US military´s authority to tackle a resurgent Taliban insurgency, saying the support will boost the capacity of struggling local forces. The decision will…
A group claiming to be hackers for Islamic State (ISIS) has published a ‘hit list’ of more than 70 US military men who have allegedly been involved in drone strikes against terrorists…
A large number of US military vehicles were discharged by a vessel at Karachi Port in the first week of this month. The consignee (importer) of the vehicles was the US army,…
