US says Israel not impeding assistance to Gaza, aid groups slam statement

President Joe Biden's administration has concluded that Israel is not currently impeding assistance to Gaza and therefore is not violating U.S. law, the State Department said on Tuesday, even as Wa...

Trump says he will nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has picked as his secretary of defense Pete Hegseth, a Fox News commentator and veteran who has expressed disdain for the so-called "woke" polic...

North Korean troops actively fighting alongside Russians, US State Dept says

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Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in US prison

Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in prison for leaking online highly classified U.S. military documents, including some related to Russia's...

US Air Force to retire A-10 attack aircraft in SKorea by fiscal year 2025

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Jury finds US defense contractor liable in torture at Abu Ghraib prison

A federal jury on Tuesday found U.S. defense contractor CACI International liable for its role in torture at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad during the Iraq war and ordered it to pay $42 million...

US aircraft carrier joins military drills with SKorea and Japan

South Korea's military said it will hold a three-day joint exercise with the United States and Japan starting on Wednesday, featuring fighter jets and marine patrol aircraft as well as the U.S. nuc...

Poland hails opening of US missile base as sign of its security

The United States opened a new air defense base in northern Poland on Wednesday, an event the European nation's president said showed the country was secure as a member of NATO even as Russia wages...

Israel says it is pushing to get aid into Gaza before US deadline as fighting persists

The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had delivered hundreds of packets of food to cut-off areas of northern Gaza as fighting raged ahead of a U.S. deadline for Israel to get more aid into the Pa...

No sign of ceasefire as new Israel strikes Beirut suburb

The Israeli military pounded Beirut's southern suburbs with airstrikes on Tuesday, mounting one of its heaviest daytime attacks yet on the Hezbollah-controlled area after the defense minister ruled...

Pentagon leaker Teixeira faces sentencing, US seeks 17-year prison term

Prosecutors will urge a U.S. judge on Tuesday to sentence Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira to nearly 17 years in prison for leaking online highly classified military documents, in...

North Korea ratifies mutual defense treaty with Russia

North Korea has ratified a mutual defense treaty with Russia signed by the two countries' leaders in June, which calls for each side to come to the other's aid in case of an armed attack, state med...

Ukraine moves to reinforce east as pressure mounts in south and Russia's Kursk

Ukraine said on Monday its hard-pressed military was battling 50,000 troops in Russia's Kursk region to its north, while also scrambling to reinforce two besieged fronts in the east and bracing to ...

China unveils naval variant of Z-20 helicopter at Zhuhai air show

State media recently highlighted the first armed assault version of the helicopter, and on Tuesday the military showcased the Z-20J armed naval variant - a key step towards a full-blown anti-submar...

Museum tanks and trench systems enhance Ukraine training, EU commander says

Old Soviet tanks have been borrowed from museums to help train Ukrainian troops on what a commander of the EU training mission for Kyiv says are booby-trap tactics used by Russian soldiers on the b...