Category: Foreign

The American and British soldiers killed last week in Manbij, Syria were “conducting a mission to kill or capture a known ISIS member,” Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Adrian Rankine-Galloway confirmed on Monday. Master Sgt. Jonathan Dunbar and British soldier Sgt. Matt Tonroe were killed after being struck by an improvised explosive device (IED) that detonated in […]

The Israeli military has warned it could take action against “terrorist targets” inside the Gaza Strip. Brig Gen Ronen Manelis told journalists that Hamas – the militant group that controls Gaza – was using Palestinian protests as a cover for launching attacks on Israel. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has said Israel bears “full responsibility” for […]

Trump announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he would be nominating his personal White House physician to the top VA spot: I am pleased to announce that I intend to nominate highly respected Admiral Ronny L. Jackson, MD, as the new Secretary of Veterans Affairs…. ….In the interim, Hon. Robert Wilkie of DOD will serve […]

Trump is privately pushing for the Pentagon to pay for his proposed border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, according to a new report. The Washington Post reports that Trump made the suggestion to several advisers last week, saying it was a “national security” issue that the wall be funded. Trump reportedly told Speaker Paul […]

Saudi Arabia’s hawkish young crown prince has made it clear that his patience is wearing thin. He has accused Iran of waging proxy wars across the Arab world, through Shiite groups in Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and Bahrain. In an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes,” he repeated his assertion that Ayatollah Khamenei is the Middle East’s […]

Adrian Lamo, the notorious computer hacker who turned in Chelsea Manning to the FBI and was arrested for hacking into The New York Times and Microsoft, has died in Kansas at age 37. Sedgwick County spokeswoman Kate Flavin said Friday that Lamo’s body was at the morgue in Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reported Lamo was […]

Army Brig. Gen. Jonathan P. Braga, the director of operations for the combined task force leading the fight against ISIS in the region, said all personnel aboard the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter were killed. The military said the crash, which is under investigation, “does not appear to be a result of enemy activity.” The names […]

CIA director Mike Pompeo has defended Donald Trump’s decision to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying the president understands the risks. Mr Trump “isn’t doing this for theatre, he is going there to solve a problem,” the spy chief told Fox News Sunday. The president has said the summit could produce the “greatest deal […]

A second transgender individual is under contract to serve in the U.S. military, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News. The individual signed a contract with the Navy on March 1, as President Donald Trump decides how the Department of Defense will handle the military service of transgender individuals. Trump’s final policy announcement is expected […]

Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Trump who pleaded guilty late last year to lying to the FBI, is selling his Virginia home in order to pay his mounting legal bills, according to a report Tuesday. Family members of the retired three-star Army general told ABC News he put his home in […]

Russia has developed a new array of nuclear weapons that are invincible, according to President Vladimir Putin. Mr Putin made the claims as he laid out his key policies for a fourth presidential term, ahead of an election he is expected to win in 17 days’ time. The weapons he boasted of included a cruise […]

The latest military campaign in Afghanistan will most likely lead to “continued American casualties” as the U.S. takes a “new approach” in the troubled region, a top official at the Pentagon said Thursday. Speaking at a press briefing, Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, director of the Pentagon’s Joint Staff, told reporters that the Pentagon is […]