Rubio ratchets up pressure on NATO at key summit
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is casting new doubt on NATO's relevance after key allies recoiled from backing Washington’s “Operation Epic Fury.”
By Tanya Noury
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Congressional report tallies 42 US aircraft lost or damaged in Operation Epic Fury
Drones took the heaviest hit, accounting for 25 of the 42 aircraft losses listed in the report.
Marines’ remains recovered from December mid-air collision in Japan
Six Marines died in the collision of two planes off Japan.
Will China win the military AI race on the back of commercial technology?
Congressional hearing testimony suggests future competition with an uncertain outcome.
By Kelsey D. Atherton
ISIS expands in Afghanistan, threatening West
Nearly two decades after the U.S.-led invasion, the extremist group is seen as an even greater threat than the Taliban because of its increasingly sophisticated military capabilities and its strategy of targeting civilians, both in Afghanistan and abroad
Monument honoring Puerto Rican Army members vandalized
A monument in New Britain that honors Puerto Rican members of the U.S. Army has been vandalized.
Iran gears up for high-stakes diplomacy amid tension with US
As its nuclear deal with world powers unravels amid heightened tensions with the U.S., Iran will see a week of high-stakes diplomacy capped by the first visit of a Japanese prime minister to Tehran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
US military vehicle hits roadside bomb in Niger, no casualties
Authorities in Niger say an American military vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the troubled West African country but no one was killed.
By Howard Altman
Cadet killed in West Point accident identified
The Army has identified the cadet who was killed in a vehicle roll-over accident Thursday.
By Kyle Rempfer
Nevada National Guard identifies soldier killed in tank rollover
The Nevada National Guard has identified a soldier who was killed during a training accident Tuesday night as 51-year-old Guard Staff Sgt. David W. Gallagher of Las Vegas.
Fort Polk soldier gets life in prison for killing pregnant wife
A 22-year-old soldier at a Louisiana Army base has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his 22-year-old pregnant wife found last October in the trunk of a car.
US CENTCOM commander says Mideast buildup prompted Iran ‘step back’
Iran has chosen to “step back and recalculate” after making preparations for an apparent attack against U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region, but it is too early to conclude the threat is gone, the top commander of American forces in the Mideast said Thursday.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press