Pentagon
Tillerson Skips OAS Meeting To Focus On Gulf Crisis
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday cancelled his attendance at next week's Organization of American States...
US To Make Afghanistan Troop Announcement In Weeks
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday he will present a new US military strategy for Afghanistan, along with...
US To Make Afghanistan Troop Announcement In Weeks
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday he will present a new US military strategy for Afghanistan, along with...
Trump Lets Pentagon Set Afghanistan Troop Levels
President Donald Trump has granted the Pentagon authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan, a US official said...
Trump To Host South Korea’s Moon For North Korea Talks This Month
President Donald Trump will host South Korea's new leader Moon Jae-In for talks on containing North Korea's nuclear...
Taliban ‘surging’ In Afghanistan, US Defense Chief Warns
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis on Tuesday warned lawmakers that the Taliban is surging in Afghanistan, and said America is...
Trump To Host S.Korea’s Moon For White House Talks
President Donald Trump will host his new South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-In at the White House late this month for...
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...
Pentagon Chief Warns North Korea Is ‘most Urgent’ Threat To Peace
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis on Monday warned that North Korea poses the most urgent threat to international peace and...
Trump Promises Press Conference On Islamic State Fight
US President Donald Trump on Monday promised to reveal details of his long-awaited plan for fighting the Islamic State...
U.S Conducts Strike On Al Shabaab, Destroy Training Base
The Pentagon on Sunday said it had carried out an air strike on al Shabaab in Somalia , and Somalia said its special...
US Forces Conduct Strike Against Somalia’s Al-Shabaab
US forces carried out a strike in conjunction with Somali special forces Sunday against Al-Shabaab approximately 185...
Afghan Soldier Kills 3 US Service Members
Three US soldiers were killed and another wounded during a joint US-Afghan military operation in Nangarhar Province on...
Afghan Policemen Killed In US ‘friendly Fire’ Air Strike
A US air strike killed at least two Afghan policemen and wounded four others in Helmand, officials said Saturday, in...
US-Backed Force Advances In Fight For IS Syria Bastion
US-backed Syrian fighters Friday seized part of a district on the western edge of the Islamic State group's Raqa...
Heavy US-Led Strikes As Fighters Battle IS In Syria’s Raqa
US-led coalition forces launched heavy raids into Friday morning in support of Syrian fighters battling to oust the...
US, China Trap Seoul Between A Rock and A THAAD Place
Installing a controversial US missile defence system in South Korea was never going to be easy but, caught between...
Pro-Syria Regime Drone Shot Down After It Fires On Coalition
A US warplane shot down a pro-regime drone in Syria on Thursday after it fired at coalition forces, officials said,...
UN Reports Fresh IS Killings, Air Strike Deaths In Mosul
The UN rights office said Thursday it has credible reports that the Islamic State group has killed more than 230...