Pentagon
Allies Vow To Destroy IS As Attacks Overshadow Talks
The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group vowed to crush the jihadists Wednesday at a meeting overshadowed...
Killing ISIS Boss Is ‘only A Matter of Time’ Says Tillerson
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed members of a 68-country coalition against the Islamic State to Washington and...
US Senator Warns of ‘tough Decisions’ With Syrian Kurds
The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria faces "tough decisions" on how much it should support...
Laptop Ban Sparks Ire Among Mideast Travellers
Travellers across the Middle East expressed frustration Wednesday at a ban on large electronic devices for flights to...
33 Dead In US-Led North Syria Air Strike
At least 33 people were killed in a US-led coalition strike on a school used as a centre for displaced people near a...
Flight Ban On Laptops ‘sparked By IS Threat’
An aircraft cabin ban on large electronic devices was prompted by intelligence suggesting a terror threat to US-bound...
Coalition Gathers To Hear Trump Islamic State Plan
The 68-nation US-led coalition against the Islamic State group will meet in Washington on Wednesday to accelerate...
Transatlantic Bond ‘getting Stronger’
The transatlantic bond is "getting stronger," Pentagon chief Jim Mattis told NATO's Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday, the...
Pentagon Launches Probe After Strike Near Syria Mosque
The US military is probing allegations that a strike targeting Al-Qaeda leaders near a mosque in northern Syria killed...
Three US Soldiers Wounded In Afghan ‘insider Attack’
Three American troops were wounded Sunday when an Afghan soldier opened fire in southern Helmand province, officials...
US Insists Al-Jinah Raid Targeted Al-Qaeda, Not Mosque
The US has denied hitting a mosque in Syria where activists say dozens of people, mostly civilians, were killed. The...
Trump To Slash Foreign Aid In ‘hard Power’ Budget Plan
President Donald Trump will propose drastic cuts to America's foreign aid and environmental programs in a...
US Plans For Syria Include Another 1,000 Troops
Up to 1,000 additional US troops could deploy to northern Syria under provisional plans drawn up by the Pentagon, a US...
Russian, US Forces Eyeball Each Other In Syrian City
American and Russian troops are now both present in the northern Syrian city of Manbij and can clearly see each other...
Trump Gives CIA Power To Conduct Drone Strikes
President Donald Trump's administration has given new powers to the CIA to conduct drone strikes against extremist...
US Military Deploys Attack Drone To S. Korea
The US Army is permanently stationing an attack drone system and its support personnel in South Korea amid ongoing...
Tillerson To East Asia In Shadow of North Korea Threat
With North Korea's drive to field a nuclear-armed missile rapidly emerging as President Donald Trump's first foreign...
US Military Nude Photo Sharing Scandal Widens Beyond Marines
US servicemen from all parts of the military have been sharing nude photos of their female colleagues online, it has...
US Military Faces Burgeoning Nude Picture-Sharing Scandal
The Pentagon faced a burgeoning scandal Friday as more pictures of naked female service members apparently shared...