
Vieques ponders future 10 years after Navy left
Thousands of activists on Wednesday celebrated the anniversary of the U.S. Navy's departure from the Puerto Rican island of Vieques 10 years ago, ...
Congo's M23 rebels say peace talks in trouble
The Congolese rebel movement M23 has suspended peace talks with Congo's government, a rebel spokesman said Wednesday, increasing fears of renewed ...

Pakistan-US alliance takes hits on campaign trail
On the campaign trail in Pakistan, candidates boast about their readiness to stand up to Washington and often tout their anti-American credentials.
Military court reverses suicide attempt conviction
The U.S. military's highest court has reversed a discharged Marine's criminal conviction for slitting his wrists in a case that raised questions about ...

Mexico seeks new security, economic agenda with US
Mexico's is ending the widespread access it gave to U.S. security agencies in the name of fighting drug trafficking and organized crime, but President ...

Congo's M23 rebels threaten new UN brigade
Rebels in eastern Congo said Tuesday they are getting ready to fight a new United Nations brigade that will be allowed for the first time to pursue ...

Outraged lawmakers look to change military justice
Outrage over an Air Force officer's decision to overturn a jury's guilty verdict in a sexual assault case has Republicans and Democrats joining forces ...
Mexico ends open access for US security agencies
Mexico is ending its unprecedented open relationship with U.S. security agencies that developed in recent years to fight drug trafficking and ...

Afghan troops hold their ground at high cost
The Americans could be spotted waiting for the Chinooks in the 2 a.m. darkness only by the shape of their night-vision goggles, as they shared a ...

US tries new aerial tools in Caribbean drug fight
Drug smugglers who race across the Caribbean in speedboats will typically jettison their cargo when spotted by surveillance aircraft, hoping any ...

Group: Sudan army supporting fugitive warlord Kony
The fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony recently found safe haven in territory controlled by Sudan, a watchdog group said Friday, accusing the ...

Air Force secretary stepping down after 5 years
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley will step down after a five-year tenure during which he improved the service's handling of nuclear materials, but ...

Iraqi soldiers retake control of Sunni town
Iraqi soldiers backed by tanks retook control of a Sunni town north of Baghdad on Friday after gunmen withdrew without a fight, although violence ...

French defense minister visits northern Mali
France's defense minister reaffirmed Friday that his country will keep 1,000 troops in Mali to fight radical Islamic militants even after the arrival ...

Air Force's officer transfer draws Ariz. protest
The Air Force's decision to transfer an officer to Arizona after his sexual assault conviction was overturned drew dozens of people to a Tucson ...

Military grooms new officers for war in cyberspace
The U.S. service academies are ramping up efforts to groom a new breed of cyberspace warriors to confront increasing threats to the nation's military ...

A look at North Korea's military capabilities
North Korea's military, founded 81 years ago Thursday, is older than the country itself. It began as an anti-Japanese militia and is now the heart of ...

Rally held to protest Air Force officer's transfer
Protesters rallied outside a Tucson military base Thursday to denounce the Air Force's decision to transfer a lieutenant colonel to Arizona after his ...

Culture war in Israel targets ultra-Orthodox Jews
A cultural war has erupted between Israel's rising political star and his ultra-Orthodox rivals. Newly minted Finance Minister Yair Lapid, hugely ...

Iraq fears rise as clashes spread to northern city
Clashes spread to a key northern city and gunmen took over a town elsewhere in Iraq on Thursday, raising the death toll from three days of violence ...
UN approves peacekeeping force for Mali
The Security Council unanimously approved a new U.N. peacekeeping force for Mali on Thursday to help restore democracy and stabilize the northern half ...

Clashes suggest Sunni anger boiling over in Iraq
With Sunni gunmen beginning to confront the Shiite-led government's security forces head-on in northern and western Iraq, fears are growing fast of ...

Car bomb at French Embassy in Libya wounds 3
A car bomb exploded Tuesday outside the French Embassy in Tripoli, wounding three people and partially setting the building on fire in the worst ...

Iraq on edge after deadly raid on protest camp
Security forces stormed a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, sparking deadly clashes in several towns and sharply intensifying rage at ...

Army warns of steeper reductions in troop numbers
Senior Army officials warned Tuesday they may have to cut more than 100,000 additional soldiers over the next decade unless automatic spending ...