Afghan Forces Retake District In Helmand From Taliban
Afghan security forces supported by US air power have retaken the center of volatile Nawa district from the Taliban in ...
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Leader of Afghan IS Branch Killed In US Raid
US forces killed the leader of the Islamic State group's Afghanistan branch in a raid earlier this week in the ...
Tillerson Leaves Gulf With No End In Sight To Qatar Crisis
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday wrapped up a four-day mission to the Gulf with little sign of ...
US Troops Inside Raqa, IS Syria Stronghold
US military advisors are operating inside the city of Raqa, the Islamic State group's last major bastion in Syria, a ...
Civilian Deaths Soar In Iraq, Syria
The US-led coalition attacking the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria killed as many as 744 civilians in June, ...
Tillerson To Meet Arab Ministers Over Qatar Boycott
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, touring the crisis-hit Gulf for a round of intense shuttle diplomacy, arrived in Saudi ...
US Conducts Successful Missile Intercept Test Amid NKorea Tensions
The US military has conducted a successful test of a missile intercept system, officials said Tuesday, as tensions soar following ...
Tillerson In Qatar As Leaks Spark Fresh Gulf Tension
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Qatar Tuesday for talks on the Gulf diplomatic crisis as leaks of ...
Mosul Victory Marks Win For Pentagon Training Plan
The Iraqi military's hard-fought victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul marks a defining moment not just for them. ...
US To Test Anti-Missile System Amid N Korea Tensions
The US Missile Defense Agency said Friday it would soon test an anti-ballistic missile system, days after North Korea demonstrated ...
Could America Shield Alaska From A N.Korean Missile?
It is every Alaskan's nightmare: finding themselves within range of a North Korean missile. As that fear came one step ...
US Conducts Air Strikes On Shabaab Militants In Somalia
The US military conducted an airstrike against a group of Shabaab militants in Somalia early Wednesday, officials said, the third ...
Pentagon Is Confident It Can Stop N Korean ICBM
The Pentagon is confident it can protect the United States against an incoming North Korean rocket, an official said Wednesday ...
US Warship In Med Wary of ‘tensions’ With Syria’s Allies
A top officer aboard the US Navy's largest warship, which is deployed in the eastern Mediterranean, said Monday his forces ...
Trump Administration Stalls On Transgenders In Military
The Trump administration has delayed a plan to accept transgender recruits into the military, putting on hold a divisive integration ...
US Aluminum Makers Point Finger At China, Call For Tariffs
Chinese overproduction is sending the US aluminum industry into near collapse, endangering supplies of materials critical to American defense and ...
Compensation For Guam WWII Atrocity Survivors
The US government has launched a compensation scheme for survivors of Japanese atrocities in Guam, 73 years after hostilities ended ...
US Pledges $5m To Fight Child Trafficking In Ghana
The US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson has pledged the commitment of the US to help Ghana fight child ...
Defence Secretary Jim Mattis Warns Military Needs Additional Funding
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis claimed he was 'shocked' by the state of the US military's readiness, blaming legal budget caps ...
US Gunfire Kills Afghan Father and Sons, Local Officials Say
An Afghan father and his two young children were killed Monday when US troops opened fire after their convoy hit ...