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US Navy Ship Fires Warning Shots At Iranian Vessel
A US Navy patrol ship fired warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel in the Persian Gulf Tuesday after it...
US Sailors Likely At Fault In Cargo-Ship Collision
The crew of a Navy destroyer that collided with a Philippine-flagged cargo ship will "certainly" be held accountable...
THAAD Missile Defense System Now Operational In S.Korea
A controversial missile defense system whose deployment has angered China is now operational in South Korea, a US...
Toll Now 144 In Taliban Attack On Afghan Base
The death toll from last week's Taliban attack on an Afghan military base stands at 144, a senior US defense official...
Trump’s Threatened ‘armada’ Still Far From N. Korea
An aircraft carrier the US Navy said was steaming toward the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions has not yet...
US Carrier Strike Group Still Far From N. Korea
A US aircraft carrier the Navy had said was heading toward the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions has not yet...
High-Tech War Kit Can’t Prevent Civilian Deaths In Iraq
Despite using state-of-the-art weaponry, the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq appears unable...
Pentagon Enjoying Greater Leeway Under Trump
The Pentagon under President Donald Trump is enjoying greater freedom to run its wars the way it wants -- and not...
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...
IS Hopes To Hold Onto Shreds of ‘caliphate’
The Islamic State group has lost most of the land it once held in Iraq and Syria but hopes to cling to scraps of a...
North Korea Is Training For An Attack On US Bases In Japan
Nuclear-armed North Korea said Tuesday its missile launches were training for a strike on US bases in Japan, as global...
Russia Deploys Missile In Apparent Treaty Violation
Moscow has deployed a cruise missile in an apparent treaty violation, a senior military official told CNN Tuesday. The...