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Israel expands air assault on rockets in Gaza
Israel expanded its fierce air assault on rocket operations in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, striking security compounds, smuggling tunnels ...
Questions on sex scandal: Top officials testify
Top national security officials trudged to Capitol Hill on Thursday to grapple with fallout from the David Petraeus sex scandal as Defense Secretary ...
Panetta orders ethics training review for officers
Citing a string of ethical lapses by senior military officers, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff to review ethics ...
5 US generals in trouble rock military culture
When Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pointedly warned young troops last spring to mind their ways, he may have been lecturing the wrong audience.
Israeli airstrike kills Hamas military chief
Israel killed the commander of the Hamas military wing in one of some 20 airstrikes on the Gaza Strip Wednesday, the heaviest barrage on the ...
General demoted for lavish travel and spending
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has demoted the former head of U.S. Africa Command who was accused of spending thousands of dollars on lavish travel ...
Scandal widens; US general's emails 'flirtatious'
The sex scandal that felled CIA Director David Petraeus widened Tuesday to ensnare the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, in a ...
Shaping a security team, Obama's challenge deepens
Barely a week after winning re-election, President Barack Obama suddenly confronts a deepening challenge in assembling a new national security team, ...
Israel considers resumption of Gaza assassinations
Israel is considering resuming its contentious practice of assassinating militant leaders in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in an effort to halt ...
General investigated for emails to Petraeus friend
The career of Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is now in jeopardy due to the investigation of the David Petraeus sex scandal.
US admiral cleared of misconduct in Pentagon probe
The head of U.S. European Command has been cleared of misconduct after a lengthy Pentagon investigation into travel and expense questions that ...
Western efforts on Syria shifting
Western efforts to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad shifted dramatically Wednesday, with Britain announcing it will deal directly with rebel ...
Pakistan army chief issues warning in rare message
Pakistan's army chief warned against efforts to undermine the military in a rare public statement Monday that analysts interpreted as a response to ...
Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels
A video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns ...
Outspoken China officers a challenge to the party
China's government has demanded talks with Japan in their latest dust-up over a set of tiny islands, but a high-ranking Chinese military officer has ...
New Afghan war phase, with no decisive end seen
A new chapter of the Afghanistan war is opening with a slimmed-down Western force doing more advising than fighting, a resilient Taliban showing ...
APNewsBreak: US Navy reviews rules on Japan bases
Weary of rules limiting the freedom of their "overwhelmingly outstanding" sailors, the top commanders of the U.S. Navy in Japan eased after-hours ...
Decision soon on general's demotion, punishment
Demoting a four-star general for spending misconduct could be harsh and would force the officer to lose as much as $1 million in retirement pay, the ...
US commander in Japan apologizes over rape case
The commander of U.S. forces in Japan apologized Friday for a case in which two American sailors allegedly raped a woman in Okinawa and said all U.S.
US sees potential for wider anti-Taliban uprising
Fed up with the Taliban closing their schools and committing other acts of oppression, men in a village about 100 miles south of Kabul took up arms ...
Muslim rebels ink Philippine pact as step to peace
Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostility and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's ...
Colombia armed forces' crucial role in peace talks
Gen. Jorge Enrique Mora spent a professional lifetime battling Colombia's rebels, whose assaults on troops under his command have compelled him to ...
Panetta, Allen to reassure NATO on insider attacks
The killings of more than 130 U.S. and allied forces by Afghan troops or those dressed like them is not deterring NATO countries from the war in ...
Top military officer opposes general's demotion
America's top military officer is opposing the demotion of a four-star general who is accused of spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on ...
Israeli Arab accused of spying for Hezbollah
Israeli authorities on Thursday indicted an Arab citizen of Israel on charges of spying for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, accusing him of ...