
AP IMPACT: Combat stress felt far from front lines
They may never come face to face with a Taliban insurgent, never dodge a roadside bomb or take fire, but they still may be responsible for taking ...

Report details flaws in Army's handling of PTSD
An Army report released Friday finds the service still has trouble diagnosing and treating soldiers for post-traumatic stress disorder, despite more ...

Syrian jets bomb northern city overrun by rebels
Syrian jets bombed opposition-held buildings Tuesday in the strategic northern city of Raqqa, a day after rebels overran the onetime regime stronghold ...

Low on ammo, rebels drive in northern Syria slows
The rebels' capture of this strategic city was a key success in their advances in northern Syria against regime forces. But it's so far proven an ...
Pentagon to furlough teachers, cut commissary time
The Pentagon will furlough about 15,000 military school teachers and staff around the world because of the automatic budget cuts that took effect last ...
Nigeria military base attack kills at least 20
Fighters linked to the radical Islamic terrorist network Boko Haram attacked a military base in Nigeria's north on Sunday in an assault that left at ...

Budget cuts to hit military school districts first
Public schools everywhere will be affected by the government's automatic budget cuts, but few may feel the funding pinch faster than those on and ...

Workers anxious as cuts set to take effect
They don't care which side caused Washington's latest crisis. Five hundred miles from Capitol Hill, the men and women of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard ...
Big spending cuts mark tea party success, and risk
The pending $85 billion in federal spending cuts would seem like a tea partyer's dream. Why, then, are tea party activists and other conservatives so ...

Syrian army clashes with rebels around Aleppo
Syrian warplanes carried out airstrikes on rebels trying to storm a police academy outside Aleppo on Wednesday, activists said, while jihadi fighters ...

Fierce clashes near landmark mosque in Syria
Syrian rebels battled government troops near a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, while fierce clashes raged ...

Chavez's return spurs doubts, new speculation
President Hugo Chavez's continued silence in the week since his return to Venezuela has only deepened the mystery about his health. While tweets and ...
Battle for Syria's Aleppo airport intensifies
The battle for Syria's second-largest airport intensified Saturday as government troops tried to reverse recent strategic gains the rebels have made ...

US gov't to air-drop toxic mice on Guam snakes
Dead mice laced with painkillers are about to rain down on Guam's jungle canopy. They are scientists' prescription for a headache that has caused the ...

All eyes on Venezuelan hospital, no sign of Chavez
At Caracas' military hospital, the only outward signs that President Hugo Chavez is a patient inside are the motorcades that come and go and the ...
Report: Failure of Glory climate satellite unknown
A group of experts investigating the launch failure of a NASA climate satellite has failed to come up with a reason. The Glory satellite plummeted ...
Iran plans to establish new navy base
Iran's official news agency says the country's navy plans to establish a new base near Pakistan's border in the Sea of Oman. The plans are part of ...

Clashes near Syria airport kill 150
Intense clashes between the Syrian army and rebel fighters near the country's second-largest airport killed around 150 people in recent days, ...

Syria rebels seize oil field, town
Syrian rebels captured most of an eastern oil field and stormed a military base in the south, anti-regime activists said Thursday, further chipping ...
Gitmo official: No eavesdropping on lawyers
A senior Guantanamo official says the FBI installed hidden microphones that have sparked fears of eavesdropping among defense attorneys in the Sept.

Syrian rebels close in on Aleppo airport
Syrian rebels knocked down army defenses and moved in on the country's second largest airport Wednesday, reportedly killing more than 40 soldiers and ...

Syrian rebels advance toward Aleppo airport
Rebels captured a small military base near Aleppo on Tuesday and stormed another in the same area that protects a major airport, a day after seizing ...

Military weighs cutbacks, shifts in drone programs
The Pentagon for the first time is considering scaling back the massive buildup of drones it has overseen in the past few years, both to save money ...

Latest Earth satellite launches from Calif. coast
A satellite launched into space Monday will keep closer tabs on Earth's glaciers, crops, forests and shorelines, continuing a tradition that began ...

Syrian troops, rebels clash over Damascus highway
Syrian troops backed by warplanes battled rebels for control of a key highway in Damascus Saturday, a day after opposition forces cut the strategic ...