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Syrian opposition takes Syria's Arab summit seat
Syria's opposition took over the country's seat for the first time at an Arab summit Tuesday in a diplomatic triumph marred by severe divisions in the ...
Suicide attackers kill 5 Afghan policemen
Eight suicide bombers struck a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least five officers, a security official said.
End of Iraq, Afghan wars offers opportunities
The end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will give America's ground forces in Europe a chance to review and refocus training at a time of financial ...
Afghan local policeman kills 5 colleagues
A member of Afghanistan's government-backed militia program has shot and killed five of his colleagues, an official said Friday. The shooting occurred ...
US, Karzai deal leaves most US commandos in Wardak
Afghanistan's president on Wednesday relented in his demand for all U.S. special operations forces to withdraw from a strategic province east of the ...
Commander: Contingency plans under way for Syria
The top U.S. military commander in Europe said Tuesday that NATO is conducting contingency planning for possible military involvement in Syria and ...
Danes pull out soldiers from Afghanistan in August
Denmark says it will end combat operations in the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan in August, about six months earlier than planned because the ...
Romania: Anti-missile interceptors to be deployed
Romania's defense minister said Tuesday U.S. plans to deploy anti-missile interceptors in his country are going ahead and that Romania has an ...
NATO head: Afghan prez wrong to charge collusion
The head of the NATO military alliance has emphatically rejected the charge by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the U.S. and NATO are colluding with ...
Bombs, clashes with Karzai mar Hagel's Afghan trip
Two suicide bombings and a host of looming disagreements with the Afghan president cast a shadow on Saturday over U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's ...
Contractor killed in attack in eastern Afghanistan
Three men wearing Afghan army uniforms and driving an Afghan army vehicle forced their way onto a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Friday and ...
NATO chief backs larger Afghan force through 2018
Afghanistan's president got reassurance Tuesday that NATO intends to backstop his troubled nation's security long beyond 2014, after NATO's chief ...
Afghan president lashes out at Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out once again at his supposed ally, Pakistan, saying Monday that a statement by a Pakistani cleric endorsing ...
NATO says 2 Afghan boys accidentally killed
International forces accidentally killed two Afghan boys during an operation in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said Saturday. Marine Gen
Putin calls for upgrade of Russian army
Russian President Vladimir Putin told the country's top brass on Wednesday to drastically upgrade the armed forces in the next few years as part of ...
Group: Syrian missiles kill at least 141 in Aleppo
At least 141 people, half of them children, were killed when the Syrian military fired at least four missiles into the northern province of Aleppo ...
Up to 12,000 US, allied troops for Afghanistan
The U.S. and its NATO allies revealed Friday they may keep as many as 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends next year, largely ...
Panetta: Cybersecurity focus of next NATO meeting
With cyberthreats escalating, the next meeting of NATO defense ministers will include a major focus on cybersecurity, Secretary of Defense Leon ...
Panetta, NATO partner, differ on troop numbers
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his NATO counterparts are considering leaving 8,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, but it was unclear ...
German: US to leave 8,000-12,000 troops in Afghan
A German official said Friday that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has told NATO allies that the U.S. will leave between 8,000 and 12,000 American ...
NATO to consider maintaining larger Afghan force
NATO is strongly considering a proposal to continue funding a security force of 352,000 Afghan troops through 2018, as part of an effort to maintain ...
AP Source: Breedlove likely pick to lead NATO
Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, the top U.S. Air Force commander in Europe, is the likely choice to become commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe, ...