A federal court judge in Washington, D.C., has largely blocked President Trump’s controversial ban on transgender people serving in the military. The judge, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, issued a preliminary injunction on Monday halting two portions of Trump’s presidential memorandum issued in late August, including his reinstatement of the ban on transgender service members that was in […]
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Mattis Tells North Korea To Stop The Threats, Urges Diplomacy
Visiting the demilitarised zone in South Korea, Pentagon chief Mattis says the US does not want war with North Korea. The United States does not want war with North Korea, the US military chief said on the demilitarised zone metres away from the communist state, as he warned Pyongyang to stop threatening “catastrophe” with its […]
American Deaths Due IED’s Continue To Rise In Afghanistan
The number of U.S. service members killed as a result of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan is rising, Foreign Policy reported Friday. From the beginning of April to the end of June of this year, IEDs killed or injured 3,043 people in 1,143 separate incidents in Afghanistan, according to internal slides obtained from the Department of Defense by FP. […]
North Korea Threatens United States With Unimaginable Nuclear Attack
North Korea is warning that the United States will face an “unimaginable” nuclear strike for conducting ongoing joint naval drills with the South Korean military on the Korean peninsula. “The U.S. is running amok by introducing under our nose the targets we have set as primary ones,” the state-controlled news agency KCNA warned Thursday, Newsweek reported. “The U.S. should expect that […]
White House Does Not Dispute Fallen Soldier Family’s Claims
Under pressure over President Donald Trump’s reported handling of a call with the widow of an Army sergeant killed in action, the White House on Wednesday did not dispute details that have emerged about Trump saying the soldier “knew what he was signing up for” when he joined the military. Trump reportedly said this to […]
Family Of Fallen Soldier Says Trump Disrespected Them
The mother of an Army sergeant killed in Niger said Wednesday that President Donald Trump, in a call offering condolences, showed “disrespect” to the soldier’s loved ones as they drove to the airport to meet his body. Trump, engulfed in controversy over the appropriate way for presidents to show compassion for slain soldiers, strongly disputed […]
Coordinated Taliban Attacks Across Afghanistan Kill 74
The Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks across Afghanistan on Tuesday, targeting police compounds and government facilities with suicide bombers in the country’s south, east and west, and killing at least 74 people, officials said. Among those killed in one of the attacks was a provincial police chief. Scores were also wounded, both policemen and […]
Bowe Bergdahl Pleads Guilty To Deserting Post
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty Monday at Fort Bragg to charges he endangered comrades by walking away from his post in Afghanistan in 2009 — the court case wrapping up three years after a stunning Rose Garden spectacle in which former President Barack Obama, flanked by Bergdahl’s parents, triumphantly announced the soldier’s release from […]
Kim Jong Un Praises North Korea’s Nuclear Missile Program
SEOUL, Oct 8 (Reuters) – North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un said his nuclear weapons were a “powerful deterrent” that guaranteed its sovereignty, state media reported on Sunday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said “only one thing will work” in dealing with the isolated country. Trump did not make clear to what he was […]
Pentagon Identifies 3 American Soldiers Killed In Africa
The Pentagon has identified the three Army Green Berets killed in action Wednesday night in Niger. Staff Sgts. Bryan Black, 35, of Puyallup, Wash.; Jeremiah Johnson, 39, of Springboro, Ohio; and Dustin Wright, 29, of Lyons, Ga., were killed after their patrol came under attack by Mali-based militants. The three were assigned to 3rd Special Forces […]
Trump To Ignore Military Advisers And Abandon Iran Nuke Deal
US President Donald Trump is planning to abandon the Iran nuclear deal shortly, according to US media reports. If he fails to certify the accord, Congress will decide whether to re-impose economic sanctions on Iran. Mr Trump has until 15 October to decide. Opposition to the deal was a major part of his campaign last […]
Bowe Bergdahl To Plead Guilty To Desertion, Faces Life In Prison
Bergdahl expected to plead guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is expected to plead guilty later this month to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy rather than face trial for leaving his Afghanistan post in 2009, The Associated Press reported. Two sources said the Idaho native would submit the […]