WASHINGTON: A year after ISIS jihadis overran large swaths of Iraq, the United States and its allies are struggling to turn the tide against the extremists...
WASHINGTON: Hunkered down in his Pakistani compound, Osama bin Laden pleaded with his followers to stay focused on attacking the United States instead of...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. government is struggling to counter ISIS’ fast-paced online propaganda, which played a role in inspiring a failed attack in Texas this...
WASHINGTON: The United States is closely monitoring Iraqi forces in Tikrit amid allegations of human rights abuses committed by Baghdad's troops and...
WASHINGTON: For much of the past two decades the United States’ military has been waging war in Iraq. And one U.S. Army officer has been there for just about...
WASHINGTON: Once a source of irritation for the United States, France has nudged aside Britain to become the U.S. military’s key European partner.The growing...
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait: New Pentagon chief Ashton Carter Monday vowed "lasting defeat" against the ISIS as he summoned top generals and diplomats to Kuwait to...
W ASHINGTON: Clint Eastwood’s hit film “American Sniper” has reignited a bitter debate about the U.S. invasion of Iraq and one of its most...
BAGHDAD: U.S. defence chief Chuck Hagel Tuesday hailed "steady progress" in the war on ISIS but Iraq appealed for increased military assistance to break the...
WASHINGTON: Iranian fighter jets struck ISIS militants in eastern Iraq in recent days, the Pentagon said Tuesday, signaling Tehran's determination to...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. military has enlisted a new germ-killing weapon in the fight against Ebola – a four-wheeled robot that can disinfect a room in minutes...
MURSITPINAR, Turkey: An attack by ISIS on the Syrian town of Kobani has stalled but, in neighboring Iraq, government troops are months from mounting a major...
WASHINGTON: The U.S.-led air campaign in Iraq and Syria is proving a boon to weapons makers, sending their share prices soaring and bolstering political...
WASHINGTON: The United States has yet to explain exactly what victory might look like in its war against ISIS, but it is becoming clear that success will...
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s war on ISIS jihadists could damage the militants without defeating them, while increasing the risk of America being...
WASHINGTON: U.S. spy agencies face a difficult task in tracking Islamic jihadists in Syria, as Washington lacks a robust network of informants and faces...
WASHINGTON: The US military said Tuesday it will not send F-35 fighter jets to Britain's Farnborough air show because of safety precautions, in another...
WASHINGTON: Qatar will buy US Patriot missiles for the first time in a major arms deal worth $11 billion, officials said Monday, as Washington awaits a...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: At the sprawling U.S. military base in the middle of the Afghan desert, sometimes it’s difficult to tell if there’s a war...
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has proposed only a slight decrease in war funding in 2015, even even though most or all US troops are due to withdraw from...
WASHINGTON: The US Air Force said on Thursday that 92 nuclear missile officers are now implicated in a widening scandal over cheating on exams and have been...
CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan: US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told American troops on Sunday that he backed a NATO force playing a role in Afghanistan after...
MANAMA: The United States has no plans to scale back its strong military presence in the Gulf despite a diplomatic opening with Iran, Pentagon chief Chuck...
FORT MEADE, United States / Maryland: Private Bradley Manning was disturbed by what he saw in Iraq and hoped a leak of secret US documents would ignite public...
WASHINGTON: The problems that plague the Middle East, including Iran's nuclear ambitions and Syria's civil war, require "political, not military" solutions,...