WASHINGTON: China is expanding its nuclear arsenal much more quickly than anticipated, narrowing the gap with the United States, the Pentagon said in a report published Wednesday. China could have…
WASHINGTON: The US Air Force said Tuesday it was investigating how civilians were killed as they tried to cling to an aircraft departing Kabul's airport amid chaotic scenes sparked by…
WASHINGTON: The withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan is more than 90 percent completed, the Pentagon's Central Command announced Tuesday (6th of July, 2021). CentCom said it had officially handed…
WASHINGTON: Pentagon chief Christopher Miller was one of the first Americans to receive the Covid-19 vaccine Monday, on camera to encourage the rest of the country to follow suit. The…
WILMINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden defended his barrier-breaking pick for defense secretary Wednesday before what could be a tough confirmation process, arguing that retired general Lloyd Austin will combine military…
NEW YORK: United States President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate General (retd) Lloyd Austin to be defence secretary. According to American media reports, Gen Austin, 67, would be the…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has ordered the removal of most US military and security personnel from Somalia, where they have been conducting operations against the Al-Shabaab militant group, the Pentagon…
NEW YORK: Americans on Friday marked the 19th year since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania, as a new national…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that US generals had told him that the powerful explosions which rocked Beirut appeared to have been caused by a "bomb of some kind."…
WASHINGTON: Pentagon has released declassified, black-n-white aerial videos (from Saturday’s commando attack to eliminate Al-Baghdadi founder of IS) showing US special operations forces closing in on the compound and US…
WASHINGTON: Responding to the request by Riyadh Pentagon has said that it was bolstering US forces in Saudi Arabia. According to Mark Esper, Defense Secretary, two fighter squadrons and additional…
TEHRAN: Iran said Friday it had "indisputable" evidence a US drone it downed had violated its airspace, as reports emerged in the US that President Donald Trump had approved then…
WASHINGTON: China and Russia warned Tuesday about escalating Middle East tensions after Washington said it would deploy 1,000 more troops to the region and renewed accusations that Iran was behind…
ANKARA: Turkey will retaliate if the United States imposes sanctions over its purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense systems, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday. "If the…
ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Turkey would not withdraw from a deal made with Russia to buy an S-400 missile defence system despite US threats of "devastating" consequences.…
WASHINGTON: A top Pentagon official said on Thursday the consequences would be "devastating" for Turkey's joint F-35 fighter program and its cooperation with NATO if the country bought a Russian…
SEOUL: Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan plans to visit South Korea next month as part of a four-nation trip to Asia, officials said Friday. Shanahan, whom U.S. President Donald…
WASHINGTON: The Federal Aviation Administration has warned US airlines flying over the Gulf to exercise caution "due to heightened military activities and increased political tensions in the region." The advisory,…
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to visit Brussels on Monday to discuss "pressing matters" including Iran, a State Department official said Sunday. As a result, the top…
WASHINGTON: U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan approved the reallocation of $1.5 billion Friday to fund President Donald Trump's border wall with Mexico, according to the Pentagon. The move follows…
SINGAPORE: A YouTube fact-check feature which is meant to tackle misinformation accidentally tagged live broadcasts of a fire engulfing Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris with details about the 9/11 terror attacks.…
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari mocked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday for blatantly lying about downing Pakistani fighter jet F-16 in the Feb 28 aerial…
WASHINGTON: The administration of US President Donald Trump has asked the Department of Defense to prepare to house up to 5,000 unaccompanied migrant children amid what it calls a mounting…
NEW YORK: A plan under consideration as part of Afghanistan peace negotiations would withdraw all of the roughly 14,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan within three to five years, along with…
