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Islamic State takes credit as gunmen attack intelligence center in Kabul
Gunmen attacked an area around a security base and training center for Afghanistan's intelligence service in Kabul on Thursday, holding off security forces for hours before being killed. The incident comes at a time of high tension after a series of attacks across Afghanistan, including ...
Chinese bombers likely training to hit far-flung U.S., allied targets: Pentagon
Chinese bombers are likely training for strikes against U.S. and allied targets in the Pacific, according to a new Pentagon report that also details how Beijing is transforming its ground forces to "fight and win." The annual report to Congress, released Thursday, highlights China's growing ...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has proposed setting up an "East Asian Railroad Community" that includes the U.S. and North Korea as he seeks to tamp down rising tensions between the two adversaries. Moon — who plans to visit Pyongyang next month for his third ...
Japanese city turns to digitalization to keep World War II memories alive
Mitaka Municipal Government tied up with Yahoo Japan Corp. to create the Digital Peace Museum, featuring videos of survivors recounting daily lives during the war and experiences on the battlefield.
Taliban overrun besieged remote Afghan army base, kill 17 troops and capture scores
The Taliban overran a remote base in northern Afghanistan, killing 17 soldiers, as Afghan forces battled the insurgents for the fifth straight day in the eastern city of Ghazni on Tuesday, trying to flush them out of the city's outskirts, officials said. The Taliban claimed ...
Russia to help restore U.N. patrols near Syria-Israel frontier, displaying Moscow's rising clout
The Russian military said Tuesday that its forces in Syria will help U.N. peacekeepers fully restore patrols along the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, reflecting Moscow's deepening role in mediating between the decades-old foes. The Russian deployment in the area has also highlighted Moscow's ...
Congo starts using experimental Ebola treatment as officials urge militia to allow war-zone access
Democratic Republic of Congo has started using the experimental mAb114 Ebola treatment to counter the latest flare-up of the virus, health officials said on Tuesday, the first time it has been deployed against an active outbreak. Forty-one people are believed to have died from the ...
An Army special forces soldier has died from wounds he received earlier this month in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, the Defense Department said Monday. Sgt. 1st Class Reymund Rarogal Transfiguracion, 36, of Waikoloa, Hawaii, died Sunday at a hospital in Germany. He was wounded when ...
A year after the Trump administration introduced its strategy for Afghanistan, the Taliban are asserting themselves on the battlefield even as U.S. officials talk up hopes for peace. That's raising questions about the viability of the American game plan for ending a war that ...
Saudi Arabia has sought to tame critics with an aggressive foreign policy, but a deadly air raid in Yemen following an acrimonious spat with Canada will only amplify international pressure on the kingdom, analysts say. An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a bus in ...
'Eat while they're not shooting': Delivering pizzas to Ukraine's front lines
There's no knock on the door — just the tantalizing smell of melted cheese, ham and tomato sauce reaching the noses of Ukrainian soldiers. The pizza delivery man has arrived. As the war goes on in Ukraine's separatist east, some veterans of the conflict are risking ...
Baby among three killed as Israel strikes Gaza after rockets fired from enclave
A baby and her pregnant mother were among three Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza overnight Wednesday, officials said, as the Jewish state struck a series of targets in response to dozens of rockets fired at its territory. Enas Khammash, 23, and her 18-month ...
