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September 27, 2016

Carter: Nuke force changes are 'bearing fruit'

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who inherited a tangled web of problems in the Air Force nuclear missile corps when he took ...

September 26, 2016

Pentagon chief pledges $108 billion to fix nuclear force

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday the Pentagon is committed to correcting decades of short-changing its nuclear force, ...

September 26, 2016

Army fires Fort Riley commander as investigation continues

The commander of Fort Riley has been fired and the Army is continuing an investigation opened last week at the Kansas base, ...

September 26, 2016

Amid tensions, Japan navy chief wants exchanges with China

Japan's top naval officer said Monday he is open to resuming engagement with China's navy despite strong concerns about ...

September 26, 2016

The Latest: Colombia accord signing ends with 'Ode to Peace'

The latest on the signing of a historic peace deal in Colombia (all times local): 6:40 p.m. The signatures done and the ...

September 26, 2016

Pentagon chief, an expert on nukes, says little about them

As defense secretary to a president who famously envisioned "a world without nuclear weapons," Ash Carter has said remarkably ...

September 26, 2016

Colombia, FARC sign historic peace deal ending long conflict

Colombia's government and its largest rebel movement signed a historic peace accord Monday in an emotional ceremony that ...

September 25, 2016

Pentagon chief is expert on nukes but says little about them

As defense secretary to a president who famously envisioned "a world without nuclear weapons," Ash Carter has said remarkably ...

September 23, 2016

VP says South Sudan isn't a 'dumping place' for peacekeepers

South Sudan's vice president dismissed the need for peacekeepers in his country, insisting Thursday that peace has been ...

September 23, 2016

Wounds heal slowly in Colombian town engulfed by rebels

It's a sweltering afternoon and two young women cool off with a juice at a bright green-painted store and watering hole as ...

September 23, 2016

Colombia rebels unanimously approve peace accord with govt

Leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia pledged their unanimous support on Friday to a peace agreement reached ...

September 23, 2016

US General: 10 percent of Afghanistan under Taliban control

The Taliban have control over 10 percent of Afghanistan's population and the insurgent group is battling with the Afghan ...

September 22, 2016

Full transcript of AP interview with Syrian President Assad

The Associated Press sat down with Syrian President Bashar Assad at a palace in downtown Damascus. Here's a full transcript ...

September 21, 2016

The Latest: Air Force identifies pilot who died in U-2 crash

The Latest on the crash of a U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane in California (all times local): 5:45 p.m. The U.S. Air Force has ...

September 21, 2016

The Latest: US official: Syria convoy hit by Russian plane

The Latest on Syria's conflict (all times local): 11 p.m. A senior U.S. official says that Washington has determined with a ...

September 21, 2016

Mexican police: Van with cannon used to shoot drugs to US

Drug smugglers employ very creative methods to get their loads across the U.S.-Mexico border. But it's not every day they use ...

September 21, 2016

US flies bombers over South Korea again in show of force

The United States on Wednesday flew a pair of supersonic bombers over ally South Korea for the second time in as many weeks ...

September 20, 2016

1 Air Force pilot dead, 1 hurt after ejecting in California

One American pilot was killed and another injured when they ejected from a U-2 spy plane shortly before it crashed in ...

September 20, 2016

The Latest: US holds Russia responsible for aid convoy hit

The Latest on developments in Syria, where a cease-fire is faltering further after airstrikes hit an aid convoy overnight ...