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...
12 German Soldiers Wounded in Attack on UN Base in Mali German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said three of the soldiers were seriously wounded.
Guardsmen Patrolling DC Will Soon Be Armed, Pentagon Says Guardsmen have mostly been patrolling tourist areas not known for high crime rates, such as the National Mall and a transit...
Air Force Top Enlisted Leader Says Service Oath Isn't Made to 'Any Individual' Amid General's Retirement Chief Master Sgt. David Flosi's message to the force seemingly sought to calm the rank and file as the Pentagon goes through...
Veterans Stole over $150K from Air Force Base’s Sports Program in Florida, Feds Say Keith Pilawski, 63, and Edwin Ortiz, 58, defrauded the sports program from 2009 until 2024, the U.S. Attorney's Office for...
Why Is the Army Chopping Away at Its Chopper Fleet? The cuts are part of a larger reorganization as the Army prepares for the changing landscape of warfare with one of the...
Hegseth Fires General Whose Agency's Intel Assessment of Damage from Iran Strikes Angered Trump Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, according to the people, who...
