Afghan Official: Acting Defense Minister Targeted in Attack No one immediately took responsibility for the attack but it came as Taliban insurgents have been pressing ahead with an...
Burkina Faso Sees More Child Soldiers as Jihadi Attacks Rise The number of children recruited by armed groups in Burkina Faso rose at least five-fold so far this year.
UN Experts: Africa Became Hardest Hit by Terrorism This Year The panel of experts said in a report to the U.N. Security Council circulated Friday that this is “especially true” in parts...
US Airstrike in Somalia Is 2nd This Week Against Al-Shabaab U.S. forces have conducted an airstrike in Somalia against an al-Qaida affiliate — the second such U.S. attack against al...
US Bombs Extremist Group al-Shabaab in Somalia In a statement, a Defense Department spokeswoman said U.S. Africa Command forces conducted one airstrike against al-Shabaab...
Freed Guantánamo Inmate with Moroccan Family After 19 Years Abdullatif Nasser is the first detainee at the Guantánamo Bay center to be transferred into the custody of his home country...
Guantanamo Prosecutor Retires as 9/11 Trial Remains Elusive Brig. Gen. Mark Martins decided to leave now because 10 years is "about the longest any military officer can serve in a...
It's Imminent: After Nearly 20 Years US to Leave Bagram Bagram Airfield has been the heart of American military power in Afghanistan for nearly 20 years.
US Warns That Islamic State Extremists Still a World Threat Members of the global coalition fighting the Islamic State are meeting to plot future steps against the extremist group.
Why the Next Islamic State 'Territorial Caliphate' Will Be in Africa "The expulsion of ISIS from its "territorial caliphate" in Iraq and Syria did not end its ambition of establishing a...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...
