FBI treating Pensacola base shooting as act of terrorism by Saudi gunman
The Saudi gunman who killed three people at the Pensacola naval base had apparently gone on Twitter shortly before the shooting to blast U.S. support of Israel and accuse America of being anti-Muslim, a U.S. official said Sunday as the FBI confirmed it is ...
The Pentagon is considering sending several thousand additional troops to the Middle East to help deter Iranian aggression, amid reports of escalating violence in Iran and continued meddling by Tehran in Iraq, Syria and other parts of the region. John Rood, defense undersecretary for policy, ...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper declared that President Donald Trump ordered him to stop a disciplinary review of a Navy SEAL accused of battlefield misconduct, an intervention that raised questions about America's commitment to international standards for battlefield ethics. Esper's comments on Monday were the latest ...
Pentagon chief Mark Esper says Trump ordered him to allow convicted SEAL to keep status
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that President Donald Trump gave him a direct order to allow a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes to retire without losing his SEAL status. Esper told reporters at the Pentagon that Trump's order was the reason he announced ...
U.S. facing a trio of security challenges on the Korean Peninsula
American Defense Secretary Mark Esper is returning from Asia with the U.S. still facing a trio of problems on the Korean Peninsula that pose risks to the national security of the U.S. and one of its most important alliances in the region. The toughest of ...
Pentagon denies report U.S. mulls pulling up to 4,000 troops from South Korea
The United States has denied a South Korean news report that it is considering withdrawing up to 4,000 troops from South Korea if Seoul does not pay more for maintaining the 28,500-strong U.S. contingent deterring North Korean aggression. South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported Thursday ...
Japan and U.S. defense chiefs agree Tokyo-Seoul intel pact is vital
Defense Minister Taro Kono and U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper have agreed that military cooperation between Japan and South Korea is vital for regional security, as their bilateral intelligence-sharing pact is set to expire Saturday, according to a Defense Ministry official. They met in Bangkok ...
China urges U.S. to 'stop flexing muscles' in South China Sea
China on Monday urged the U.S. military to "stop flexing muscles" in the disputed South China Sea, a point of persistent friction in a relationship both sides have said is generally improving. A spokesman for China's ministry of defense, Col. Wu Qian, told reporters in ...
Washington and Seoul postpone military drills in bid to boost stalled diplomacy with Pyongyang
The United States and South Korea on Sunday announced that they are postponing a joint military air exercise criticized by North Korea as provocative in a bid to keep alive foundering nuclear talks with Pyongyang. "After close consultation and careful consideration, Minister Jeong and I've ...
President Donald Trump's special envoy for Syria said on Wednesday that U.S. forces had seen evidence of war crimes by Turkish forces in Syria, during their recent offensive against Kurds. "We haven't seen widespread evidence of ethnic cleansing" by Turkey, but there had been reports ...
U.S. levels sanctions on Turkey, including steel tariffs, as Syria incursion escalates
US President Donald Trump on Monday authorized sanctions on Turkey's leaders, reimposed steel tariffs and ended trade negotiations to protest Ankara's offensive into Syria. "I am fully prepared to swiftly destroy Turkey's economy if Turkish leaders continue down this dangerous and destructive path," Trump said ...
U.S. condemns executions by Turkish-allied Syria groups in Kurd region American forces vacated
The United States said Monday it was appalled and seeking more information after accounts that pro-Turkish fighters in Syria have summarily executed civilians including a female Kurdish politician. The Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces said that at least nine civilians were "executed" as part of Turkey's ...
