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Fort Hood bomb plot suspect wears mask in court
A soldier accused of planning to bomb Fort Hood troops in a restaurant last summer wore a mask in court for the first time Monday as a jury was ...
Tight security, gnats for the press corps
Freedom of the press is a bit different at the G-8 summit. At Camp David, a highly secure compound in the woods ringed by layers of security fences, ...
AP Exclusive: Secret case against Pakistan officer
From his prison cell, a senior Pakistani officer accused of plotting with a shadowy Islamist organization to take over the military released his ...
US commander holds talks with Pakistani army chief
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan held talks with Pakistan's army chief Saturday aimed at improving border coordination, almost six months after ...
Attacker in Afghan uniform kills US soldier
A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot dead a U.S. soldier in the east of the country, one of two NATO troops killed on Friday, military officials ...
Parents reveal secret attempts to free US soldier
Frustrated by what they said are stalled efforts to free a U.S. soldier taken prisoner three years ago in Afghanistan, the man's parents have gone ...
AP-GfK Poll: Support for Afghan war at new low
Support for the war in Afghanistan has hit a new low in the U.S. and is on par with support for the Vietnam war in the early 1970s, a bad sign for ...
Pentagon sending trainers back into Yemen
The Pentagon said Tuesday it is sending military trainers back to Yemen for "routine" counterterrorism cooperation with Yemeni security forces amid ...
AP Interview: Pakistan army says US scapegoating
American efforts to talk peace with insurgents in Afghanistan mean Washington can no longer expect Pakistan to attack all the militant factions on its ...
Army: no bullet wound found in soldier Skype death
U.S. Army investigators said Monday they found no bullet wound or evidence of foul play in the death of a soldier in Afghanistan who died during a ...
Wife saw bullet hole while Skyping with soldier
A U.S. Army nurse in Afghanistan showed no alarm or discomfort before suddenly collapsing during a Skype video chat with his wife, who saw a bullet ...
Nurse in Afghanistan dies in Skype chat with wife
The wife of a U.S. Army officer serving in Afghanistan witnessed her husband's death as the two video chatted via Skype, his family said Friday.
US F-15 crashes in Mideast, crew ejects safely
A U.S. Air Force F-15E fighter crashed Thursday during a routine training mission in the Middle East, but investigators have ruled out insurgent ...
Afghanistan security deal Obama signed has holes
The 10-year security compact that President Barack Obama signed with Afghan President Hamid Karzai contains promises the United States and Afghanistan ...
US to seek death penalty in Somali yacht hijacking
Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against three Somalis charged with murder in the fatal shooting of four Americans aboard a ...
AP Exclusive: Indian sailors recount pirate attack
The alarm sounded at 6:40 a.m. It could have been a fire or a man overboard. But in the waters off the coast of Oman near the Gulf of Aden, the sound ...
Ocean race accidents stun sailors as probe deepens
For 65 years, sailors have raced 125 nautical miles from Newport Beach, Calif., to Ensenada, Mexico, with expectations of a safe overnight voyage ...
Gunfire erupts at Venezuela prison, troops outside
Venezuelan troops and police stood guard outside a prison in Caracas on Monday after gunfire erupted during what an official said was the second ...
AP EXCLUSIVE: US not reporting all Afghan attacks
The military is under-reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops. The U.S.
APNewsBreak: Female US Army boss fights removal
The first woman to command the U.S. Army's drill sergeant training took legal action Monday to reclaim her job, alleging she was improperly suspended ...
No distress signals sent before ship hit yacht
Sailboat shards floating in the ocean were the first sign something was wrong. Eric Lamb spotted them while on safety patrol for a 124-mile yacht race ...
Yacht may have hit freighter in deadly US crash
Officials for a yacht race that goes through shipping lanes off the U.S.-Mexican coast said they had few explanations for the deadly crash of one ...
No sign of distress before sailboat wreck is found
Eric Lamb was doing safety patrol on a 124-mile yacht race when he spotted a boat that appeared too close to Mexico's Coronado Islands. He never got ...