Afghanistan conflict claims second U.S. service member of the year
An American soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday, NATO said, the second to die as a result of the conflict so far in 2019. "The incident is under investigation," NATO's Resolute Support mission said in a statement. "In accordance with U.S. Department of Defense policy, ...
Vladimir Putin says U.S. presence in Japan complicates signing of peace treaty
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the United States' military presence in Japan was complicating the search for a formal peace treaty between Moscow and Tokyo. Russia and Japan have been in dispute for seven decades over a group of islands captured by Soviet ...
The Islamic militants came on motorcycles toting rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns, killing four American service members after shattering the windows of the unarmored U.S. trucks. In this remote corner of Niger where the Americans and their local counterparts had been meeting with community ...
Trump signed off on already planned Yemen al-Qaida raid fatal to GI; civilian casualties alleged
It's been described as the greatest burden any commander in chief must bear. Just days into his young presidency, a U.S. service member has died in military action authorized by Donald Trump. It's the first known combat death of a member of the U.S. military ...
U.S. forces to tell Tokyo this week of largest Okinawa land handover since 1972 reversion
The U.S. military is expected to notify the Japanese government later this week that it will return by year's end roughly half of its Northern Training Area in Okinawa, as it has confirmed construction of helipads will be completed in the portion it retains, ...
Gunman in Afghan army uniform kills two U.S. advisers, wounds three in Kabul
A gunman, reportedly in an Afghan army uniform, shot dead two American advisers and wounded three on Wednesday near a base outside the Afghan capital before being killed himself, officials said. The American deaths included one soldier and one civilian, while one soldier and two ...
Islamic State bent on using chemical arms when Mosul invasion comes: Pentagon
Islamic State militants are "dead set" on using chemical arms and are likely to try them again as Iraqi forces advance on Mosul, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday, a week after a rocket with a possible chemical agent landed near U.S. troops. The rocket ...
Bring U.S. military forces home from Okinawa
More than 70 years after World War II, Japan should finally act like a normal country: defending itself, guarding its region, and ending its dependence on America.
