EU’s Tusk Says No ‘common Position’ On Russia With Trump
European Union president Donald Tusk said talks with US President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed no "common position" on Russia, ...
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Former Pentagon Chief Gates Warns of More IS Attacks
Former US defense secretary Robert Gates warned Tuesday that the West can expect further attacks like the suicide bombing in ...
Taliban Attack On Afghan Army Base Kills 10 Soldiers
At least 10 Afghan soldiers were killed when Taliban militants stormed their army base in the southern province of Kandahar, ...
Militant Attack On Afghan Army Base Kills 10 Soldiers
At least 10 Afghan soldiers were killed when militants attacked their army base in the southern province of Kandahar, the ...
Trump Tells Pentagon To ‘annihilate’ IS Fighters
President Donald Trump has told the Pentagon to 'annihilate' the Islamic State group in Syria to prevent the escaped foreign ...
Pentagon Plans To ‘annihilate’ IS Fighters
President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to "annihilate" the Islamic State group in Syria in a bid to prevent ...
IS Afghanistan Leader Likely Killed
US and Afghan troops likely killed the leader of the Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate in a raid this week, ...
Army Rangers May Have Been Killed By Friendly Fire
The Pentagon on Friday said it was investigating whether two U. S. special operations commandos who were killed in Afghanistan ...
North Korea Faces Tighter Sanctions Under Trump Strategy
The US is to tighten sanctions on North Korea and step up diplomatic moves aimed at pressuring the country to ...
Large Crowds As Australia and New Zealand Mark Anzac Day
Thousands of Australians and New Zealanders, many braving heavy rain, turned out Tuesday to mark the Gallipoli landing and to ...
US Blasts ‘unconscionable’ Taliban Attack In Afghanistan
The US State Department on Monday described last week's Taliban attack in northern Afghanistan as "unconscionable," but stressed America has ...
Famine Fuels Resurgence of Somali Piracy
Drought and famine seem to be fuelling a resurgence of piracy off the coast of Somalia, the United States' top ...
US Defense Secretary Mattis Visits Strategic Djibouti
US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived Sunday for a short visit to Djibouti, a strategically important country on the Horn ...
US Again Puts Faith In China To Rein In North Korea
After a few days of saber-rattling, US President Donald Trump's administration has reverted to the same North Korea policy as ...
Mattis In Riyadh To Boost US-Saudi Alliance
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both seeing a common ...
Pentagon Chief To Travel Next Week To Middle East, Africa
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is heading to the Middle East and Africa next week for a series of ...
US-Russia War of Words Over Syria Clouds Moscow Talks
The United States and Russia were on a collision course over the alleged Syrian chemical attack on Wednesday as Washington's ...
Trump Spokesman Apologizes For ‘insensitive’ Hitler Reference
White House press secretary Sean Spicer apologized Tuesday for "insensitive" remarks in which he seemed to favorably compare Adolf Hitler's ...
Trump Announces Army Secretary Pick
President Donald Trump on Friday announced his pick for the next secretary of the US Army, a state senator from ...
EU, French Militaries Prepare To Go It Alone After Brexit, US Warnings
Brexit will see the departure of the EU’s largest military force, leaving France as the bloc’s main military power. And ...