‘Send back our husbands’ – Russian women in rare protest

A group of Russian women are making rare public demands for reservists to return from the front line. More »

Beirut residents mourn destruction amid transformed cityscape

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Curtains flutter through broken windows, piles of debris block the streets and top-floor apartments with their roofs blown off are exposed to the sky. As the residents of Beirut try to pick up their lives after an explosion that shook the co... More »

‘They are not just numbers’: Missing Beirut silo worker’s family clings to hope

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Before he went missing on Aug. 4, Ghassan Hasrouty, an employee of Beirut’s giant grain silos for 38 years, thought he was working in the safest place in the city. The reinforced concrete walls and underground rooms were his shelter for many... More »

Afghan forces besiege jail seized by Islamic State, hundreds of prisoners missing

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan security forces laid siege to a prison seized by Islamic State fighters in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday, with at least 29 people killed after the militants’ overnight assault led to a mass jailbreak. More th... More »

Divisive Trump nominee gets new Pentagon post, despite snub by Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After failing to secure a Senate confirmation hearing, U.S. President Donald Trump’s most divisive nominee for a Pentagon position so far has taken a different, less-senior policy role at the Defense Department, a spokeswoman said on Sun... More »

Head of Somalia’s military unhurt, civilian killed in suicide car bomb on convoy

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The head of Somalia’s military escaped unhurt and one civilian was killed on Monday when a suicide attacker drove a bomb-laden car into a convoy in the capital Mogadishu, according to a military spokesman and an ambulance service. The al ... More »

Trump’s troop cut in Germany blindsided senior U.S. officials

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s decision to cut U.S. troop levels in Germany blindsided a number of senior national security officials, according to five sources familiar with the matter, and the Pentagon had yet to receive a formal order to ca... More »

Gunmen attack Afghan hospital where MSF aid group runs a clinic

KABUL (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday where the international humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders runs a maternity clinic, officials said. There was no immediate information about any casualties in ... More »

South Korea, U.S. commandos practice raiding enemy facility as North Korea tensions rise

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean and U.S. special forces troops recently conducted drills simulating the infiltration of an enemy facility, U.S. military photos seen by Reuters on Monday show, as tensions with North Korea ratchet up ahead of a year-end deadline.... More »

Britain to honor its dead with vigil after London Bridge attack

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will on Monday honor the two people who were killed when a militant knife man went on a stabbing spree near London Bridge in an attack that has thrust criminal justice to the center of the election campaign. Jack Merritt, 25, and Sas... More »

U.S. Navy chief fired over handling of SEAL saga involving Trump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper fired the Navy’s top civilian on Sunday over his handling of the case of a Navy SEAL who was convicted of battlefield misconduct in Iraq and later won the support of President Donald Trump. Esper also de... More »

Pentagon chief wants Navy secretary to resign over SEAL case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper asked for Navy Secretary Richard Spencer’s resignation after losing confidence in him over his handling of the case of a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes, the Defense Department said on Sunday. “I am d... More »

U.S. Navy Secretary says he did not threaten to resign in dispute with Trump

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy Secretary said on Saturday he did not threaten to resign amid a disagreement with President Donald Trump over whether a Navy SEAL convicted of battlefield misconduct should face a board of peers who may oust him f... More »

Factbox: Islamic State still dangerous despite Baghdadi’s death

(Reuters) – The killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a U.S. raid is a further blow to a jihadist group that once held a swathe of territory in Iraq and Syria, experts said, but the organization and its ideology remain dangerous. Where once t... More »

Secretive military spaceplane lands in Florida after record-long orbital flight

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon’s secretive X-37B spaceplane landed in Florida on Sunday after a record-long orbital flight lasting more than two years, the U.S. Air Force said, capping the latest test mission for an array of military technologies. The unp... More »

They bombed our livelihoods: Sri Lanka’s tourism firms struggle…

UNWATUNA/GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – Pearl Divers, a diving school on one of Sri Lanka’s most popular southern beaches, shut shop for two months after suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels on the island on Easter Sunday, killing about 250 people. It ha... More »

Venezuela’s Maduro ratifies Padrino as defense minister

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday announced he will maintain Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino in his post, following months of rumors that top military brass would be replaced after a failed uprising in April. The Trump adminis... More »

Gun battle rages in Afghan capital after Taliban blast injures 100

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan security forces on Monday were battling Taliban gunmen who stormed a building in the capital, Kabul, after a bomb-laden truck exploded near the defense ministry at rush hour, injuring at least 100 people, including 35 children, officia... More »

Exclusive: U.S. preparing to send more troops to Middle East – sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is preparing to send additional troops to the Middle East in response to mounting concerns over Iran, which Washington blames for attacks on oil tankers last week, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, speaking on ... More »

Amid USS McCain controversy, Pentagon says military will not be…

SEOUL (Reuters) – The Pentagon has told the White House that the U.S. military will not be politicized, a U.S. official said on Sunday, in response to a controversy after officials directed the United States Navy to keep the USS John S. McCain out of sight dur... More »

Pentagon eyes longer-term support on U.S.-Mexico border

MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) – Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan made his second trip to the U.S.-Mexico border on Saturday as the Pentagon looks to develop a longer-term plan to support President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Shanahan traveled... More »

Two U.S. warships sail in disputed South China Sea

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said two of its warships sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Monday, a move that could anger Beijing at a time of tense relations between the world’s two biggest economies. The South China Sea... More »

China says urges U.S. to stop provocative acts in South China Sea

BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday its navy warned U.S. ships sailing near islands claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea to leave the area and that the U.S. should stop such provocative acts. Two U.S. guided-missile destroyers traveled within 12 naut... More »

Sri Lanka lifts curfew as death toll from attacks rises sharply

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Authorities lifted a curfew in Sri Lanka on Monday, a day after a string of bombings at churches and luxury hotels across the Indian Ocean island killed 290 people and wounded about 500, but there were warnings more attacks could come. Ther... More »

U.S. State Dept warns ‘terrorists’ continue plotting Sri Lanka attacks

(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said in a revised travel advisory ‘terrorist groups’ were continuing to plot possible attacks in Sri Lanka after 290 people were killed and about 500 wounded in blasts in churches and luxury hotels on Sunday. “Terrorists m... More »

Factbox: Reaction to Sri Lanka attacks

(Reuters) – Easter Sunday bomb blasts at three churches and four hotels in Sri Lanka killed more than 200 people and wounded at least 450, police officials said, the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago. Polit... More »

Timeline: Sri Lankan bomb attacks on hotels, churches – 20 minutes…

(Reuters) – Bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 207 and injuring 450 people, in the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago. Here is a timeline of the expl... More »

Sri Lanka attacks death toll rises to 290, about 500 wounded: police

COLOMBO (Reuters) – The death toll from attacks on churches and luxury hotels across Sri Lanka rose significantly to 290, and about 500 people were also wounded, police said on Monday. The death toll overnight had stood at 207. Police spokesman Ruwan Gunaseker... More »

U.S. Navy, Coast Guard ships pass through strategic Taiwan Strait

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States sent Navy and Coast Guard ships through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the U.S. military said, as part of an increase in the frequency of movement through the strategic waterway despite opposition from China. The voyage r... More »

Trump says big U.S. savings in curbing joint South Korea military…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Sunday the reason he wanted to curb military drills with South Korea was to save the United States hundreds of millions of dollars in costs, and suggested it could also reduce tensions with North Korea. “Th... More »

Explainer: Who is behind the Philippine church bombings?

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines security forces investigating a deadly twin bombing at a church on a predominantly Muslim southern island are zeroing in on what they say is an affiliate of the militant Abu Sayyaf Group. Twenty people were killed and more than 1... More »

Neurofeedback training could build soldiers’ resilience to stress

(Reuters Health) – Military personnel trained to change their own brain responses with a neurofeedback program may be able to reduce their risk of experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers say. “If something can change in the brain to help soldi... More »

Trump backs $750 billion defense budget request to Congress: official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has backed plans to request $750 billion from Congress for defense spending next year, a U.S. official said on Sunday, signaling a Pentagon spending hike at a time of potential belt-tightening elsewhere in the... More »

Security forces end attack on Erbil governorate by suspected…

ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Kurdish security forces killed gunmen who had stormed a government building in the Kurdish city of Erbil on Monday and took hostages in an attack suspected of being carried out by Islamic State, security officials said, Armed with pisto... More »

At least 12 dead, including children, in Afghan suicide blast

KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in Afghanistan killed at least 12 people, including several children, on Tuesday, in an attack in the eastern city of Jalalabad claimed by Islamic State militants. The attacker detonated his explosives near a petrol pump, kil... More »

Deadly blast hits eastern Afghan city, targeting Sikh minority

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – An explosion hit the center of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Sunday, killing at least 20 people, including several members of the small Sikh minority, provincial government officials said. The blast, hours after Pre... More »

Eritrea sends delegation to Ethiopia for first talks since conflict

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A high-level delegation from Eritrea was due to arrive in its neighbor and long-time foe Ethiopia on Tuesday to discuss recent peace overtures, raising hopes of a breakthrough in one of Africa’s most intractable military stand-offs. Eth... More »

Two U.S. military bases in Texas to house immigrants: Mattis

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (Reuters) – The U.S. military is preparing to house immigrants at two bases in Texas, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday, the latest sign of the military being drawn into a supporting role for President Donald Trump’s im... More »

North Korea shakes up top military brass ahead of Trump summit -…

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea’s top three military officials have been removed from their posts, a senior U.S. official said, a move analysts said on Monday could support efforts by the North’s young leader to jump-start economic development and eng... More »

Safety, verification questions hang over North Korea’s plan to…

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shutting down North Korea’s nuclear test site is trickier than it might seem. A botched tunnel collapse could spread radioactive debris. Nuclear material might be buried, but accessible enough to be dug up and reused in a weapon. A... More »

More than 50 casualties from blast at mosque in east Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) – An explosion at a mosque used as a voter centre in the eastern Afghan province of Khost on Sunday killed at least 17 people and wounded 34, local officials said, in the latest attack on preparations for long-delayed parliamentary elections. B... More »

Trump orders Pentagon to consider reducing U.S. troops in South…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to prepare options for reducing the number of U.S. troops in South Korea, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing several people briefed on the deliberations. Reduced U.S. troop lev... More »

Twin blasts in Afghan capital kill at least 25, including eight…

KABUL (Reuters) – Twin blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 25 people on Monday, including eight journalists who had arrived to report on the first explosion and who were apparently targeted by a suicide bomber, officials said. Several hours late... More »

Talk therapy may help soldiers combat insomnia

(Reuters Health) – Talk therapy for insomnia is effective at reducing insomnia, as well as mental fatigue, among military personnel, according to a new study. For the new analysis, published online in Sleep, researchers recruited 151 active-duty U.S. Army pers... More »

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 15 in Nigeria’s Maiduguri:…

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suspected Boko Haram attack in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed 15 people and wounded 68, an emergency agency official said on Monday, in the biggest strike since the government said it was in talks with the Isla... More »

British police sift through rubble at scene of fatal blast

Members of the emergency services work at the site of an explosion which destroyed a convenience store and a home in Leicester, Britain, February 25, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Staples LEICESTER, England (Reuters) – British police searched for survivors on Monday in... More »

Gunbattles, airstrikes in Sinai as Egyptian forces hit militants

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces killed 12 Islamist militants in gun battles and arrested 92 suspects, while airstrikes destroyed dozens of militant targets in Sinai, the army said in a statement carried on state television on Monday. Based on army s... More »

Paris attacks suspect goes on trial in Brussels

A court artist drawing shows Salah Abdeslam, one of the suspects in the 2015 Islamic State attacks in Paris, in court during his trial in Brussels, Belgium, February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Capelle NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The prime surviving... More »

Dreading your taxes? Try filing as U.S. military

U.S. service member stands guard as an U.S. military transport plane lands at the Kandahar air base, Afghanistan January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani – RC1A69651DE0 NEW YORK (Reuters) – No matter how U.S. tax policies evolve in the future, it is doubtful tha... More »

Militants attack army post near military academy in Afghan capital

An ambulance carries victims near the site of an attack at the Marshal Fahim military academy in Kabul, Afghanistan January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail KABUL (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked an army outpost near one of Afghanistan’s main military academies on... More »

Iranian planes warned off two ‘coalition vessels’ during military dril

LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian warplanes warned off two “coalition vessels” during military drill in waters off the country’s southeast, an Iranian general was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency on Monday. “This morning and in the early hours of the military d... More »

Islamic State claims blast at Afghan intelligence agency in Kabul

Afghan security forces keep watch at a check point close to the compound of Afghanistan’s national intelligence agency in Kabul, Afghanistan. December 25, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani KABUL (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on... More »

Islamic State claims responsibility for blast in Afghan capital, Kabul

CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility for an explosion on Monday carried by a suicide bomber near a compound of Afghanistan’s national intelligence agency in the capital, Kabul, the group said on its Amaq news agency. The blast, close to the e... More »

German military kicks off heavy lift helicopter competition: source

FILE PHOTO: A Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion lifts off from the USS Kearsarge as U.S. military personnel continue to evacuate the U.S. Virgin Islands in advance of Hurricane Maria, in the Caribbean Sea near the islands September 18, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan D... More »

Indonesia detains 18 in pre-emptive bid to boost Christmas security

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian anti-terrorism police have detained 18 people with links to militant groups in a bid to cut the risk of attacks during Christmas and the New Year in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country, police said on Monday. Near-simulta... More »

Islamic State seizes new Afghan foothold after luring Taliban defectors

Afghan National Army (ANA) troops keep watch at a check point in Aqcha district of Jawzjan province, Afghanistan November 27, 2017. Picture taken November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer JAWZJAN, Afghanistan/KABUL (Reuters) – When a Taliban commander defected to Is... More »

Suicide attack kills a top Pakistani police officer: official

Rescue personnel inspect a vehicle damaged by a suicide bomber which killed a senior Pakistani police official on his way to work in Peshawar, Pakistan November 24, 2017. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed... More »

U.S. Navy crew grounded after pilot draws penis in the sky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy air crew was grounded on Friday after using their advanced fighter jet to draw a giant image of a penis in the sky with the exhaust, officials said. The incident took place in skies over Okanogan County in Washington state on... More »

More than 20 Afghan police killed as Taliban attack checkpoints

A series of Taliban attacks over six hours on more than a dozen Afghan checkpoints killed 22 police and wounded 15 in the southern province of Kandahar, police said on Tuesday. More »

U.S. veterans to Trump: Save bank customers` rights to sue

The largest U.S. veterans service organization on Thursday urged President Donald Trump to veto recent legislation allowing financial companies to block customers from banding together to sue, saying it would hurt members of the armed forces. More »

Philippine president declares Marawi liberated as battle goes on

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared the southern city of Marawi liberated from pro-Islamic State militants on Tuesday, although the military said 20-30 rebels were holding about 20 hostages and still fighting it out. More »

In meeting with military, Trump talks of `calm before the storm`

After discussing Iran and North Korea with U.S. military leaders on Thursday, President Donald Trump posed for a photo with them before dinner and declared the moment "the calm before the storm." More »

Anti-terrorism police hold five over wired explosives found in posh Paris neighborhood

French counter-terrorism investigators questioned five people on Tuesday after police over the weekend found what appeared to be a ready-to-detonate bomb at an apartment building in one of Paris's poshest neighborhoods. More »

Explosion hits Afghan capital Kabul: interior ministry spokesman

A explosion was reported on Friday in the Afghan capital of Kabul, a spokesman for the interior ministry said. More »

Gunmen kill four in sectarian attack in Pakistan

Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan killed four members of a Shi'ite Muslim Hazara family, including a 12-year-old boy, on Sunday, in the latest sectarian attack on the minority community, a senior police official said. More »

Gyllenhaal taps courage of Boston bombing survivor for `Stronger`

Jake Gyllenhaal put his "heart and soul" into "Stronger", a film about Jeff Bauman, who lost his legs in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and in the process found inspiration and a special kinship with Bauman. More »

Manchester concert venue shattered by bomb attack to reopen

The Manchester music venue where a suicide bomber killed 22 people as they left an Ariana Grande concert in May will reopen on Saturday for the first time since the attack. More »

Transgender members in U.S. military may serve until study completed: Mattis

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday current policy regarding transgender personnel serving in the military would remain in place until he advises President Donald Trump on how to implement his directive on a transgender ban. More »

Etihad Airways says assisting Australian police with plane attack probe

FILE PHOTO: An Etihad Airways Boeing 777-3FX aircraft takes off at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy, France, August 9, 2016. Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways said on Tuesday it was helping Australian Federal Police with an investigation that police began into... More »

Suicide bombers in northeast Nigeria`s Maiduguri kill 17: police

Suicide bombers killed 17 people and injured 21 in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the police commissioner of Borno state said on Wednesday. More »

Suicide car bomber kills at least 11 in Pakistan`s Quetta: police

A soldier covers a body after a blast in Quetta, Pakistan June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed A suicide car bomber killed at least 11 people, including four police officers, in an attack near a checkpoint in the volatile southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta o... More »

Trump renews criticism of London Mayor Khan over attack

A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. on May 31, 2017 and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan at the scene of the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market in central London, Britain, Ju... More »

U.S. embassy in Egypt bans personnel from visiting religious sites outside Cairo

Personnel assigned to the U.S. Mission in Egypt are prohibited from visiting religious sites outside greater Cairo until further notice, the U.S. embassy said on Monday in a security message posted on its website. More »

Tight security and tears at benefit concert for Manchester bomb victims

Ariana Grande performs during the One Love Manchester benefit concert for the victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack at Emirates Old Trafford. Danny Lawson/One Love Manchester/via REUTERS U.S. pop singer Ariana Grande headlined a star-studded benefit co... More »

UK police arrest 16th person in connection with Manchester attack

Armed police officers stand on duty in central Manchester, Britain, May 28, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble British police said on Monday they had arrested a 16th person in connection with the Manchester suicide bombing last week. More »

Warplanes hit Libya`s Derna again: witness

Warplanes carried out three air strikes on the Libyan city of Derna on Monday, a witness said, days after Egypt launched strikes on militant camps there against those it said were responsible for killing Egyptian Christians. More »

Philippines puts city on lockdown over fears of militant infiltration

A Philippine Air Force attack helicopter fires a rocket as they continue to assault the Maute group in Marawi City in southern Philippines May 29, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro The Philippine city of Iligan was overflowing with evacuees and on lockdown on Monda... More »

North Korea`s missile launches seen as pressure on Moon administration: South Korea

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the defence detachment on Jangjae Islet and the Hero Defence Detachment on Mu Islet located in the southernmost part of the waters off the southwest front, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Kor... More »

UK looking to increase pressure on internet firms over extremist material: minister

Britain is looking at range of options to put pressure on internet companies to do more to take down extremist material, Security Minister Ben Wallace said on Sunday. More »

Philippines deploys top commandoes, attack helicopters to retake city from Islamist rebels

An armoured personnel carrier belonging to government troops drives along a main highway of Pantar town, Lanao Del Norte, as it travels to reinforce Marawi city, southern Philippines May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco The Philippines deployed attack helicopter... More »

May to confront Trump as UK police stop sharing attack information with U.S.

Britain’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, arrives at number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday she would tell U.S. President Donald Trump that intelligence shared between their... More »

UK security services have thwarted five plots since March Westminster attack – source

British security services have thwarted 18 militant plots in the UK since 2013, including five following an attack in central London in March, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. More »

Queen visits Manchester bombing casualties

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth speaks to Millie Robson, 15, from Co Durham, and her mother, Marie, during a visit to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital in Manchester, Britain May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Byrne/Pool Queen Elizabeth met some of the young victims... More »

UK police hunt Manchester bomber`s network, angered by U.S. leaks

Messages and floral tributes left for the victims of the attack on Manchester Arena lie around the statue in St Ann’s Square in central Manchester, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Super Police scrambled to close down a network around the Manchester suicide bomber wi... More »

Singer Ariana Grande suspends concert tour following Manchester attack

FILE PHOTO – Ariana Grande performs at Z100’s Jingle Ball in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/Files Roy More »

Six killed as Bangladesh police raid militant hideout

Police in Bangladesh raided a militant hideout on Thursday sparking a clash in which five suspected militants and a fire fighter were killed in blasts that the militants set off, police said. More »

Unmanned U.S. Air Force space plane lands after secret, two-year mission

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle taxis on the flightline during testing at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Florida, March 2010. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force The U.S. military’s experimental X-37B space plane landed on Sunday at NASA&rsquo-s Kennedy Space Center ... More »

Israel strikes arms depot near Syrian capital`s airport: sources

Syrian rebel and intelligence sources said Israel struck an arms supply hub on Thursday operated by the Lebanese Hezbollah group near Damascus airport where weapons from Tehran are regularly sent by commercial and military cargo planes. More »

Israeli strike hits Iranian arms supply depot in Damascus: source

An Israeli strike on Thursday hit an arms supply hub operated by the Lebanese Hezbollah group near Damascus airport where regular supplies of weapons from Tehran are sent by commercial and military cargo planes, a regional intelligence source said. More »

Trump gives Pentagon power to reset Iraq, Syria troop limits

A U.S soldier walks on a bridge with his gun in the town of Gwer northern Iraq August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari President Donald Trump has given the military the authority to reset a confusing system of troop limits in Iraq and Syria that critics said al... More »

Afghan defense minister, army chief of staff resign over deadly attack

Afghan national Army (ANA) troops keep watch near the site of an ongoing attack on an army headquarters in Mazar-i-Sharif, northern Afghanistan April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Anil Usyan Afghan President Ashraf Ghani accepted the resignations of his defense minister a... More »

U.S. watching piracy increase off Somalia, sees ties to famine

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis boards a U.S. Air Force C-17 for a day trip to a U.S. military base in Djibouti from Doha, Qatar April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst The United States is closely watching a recent increase in piracy off the coast of Somal... More »

Southern Thailand attacks reflect tension over peace talks, conflict monitor says

Military personnel and local residents stand next to a site of an attack at Yaring district, in the troubled southern province of Pattani, Thailand, April 7, 2017. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom A string of gun and grenade attacks in southern Thailand that killed ... More »

U.S.`mother of all bombs` killed 36 Islamic State militants in Afghanistan

As many as 36 suspected Islamic State militants were killed in Afghanistan when the United States dropped “the mother of all bombs,” its largest non-nuclear device ever unleashed in combat, the Afghan Defence Ministry said on Friday. More »

South Korea police says no explosives found at Samsung Life headquarters

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the Samsung 837 store in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo South Korean authorities found no explosives at the headquarters of Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd i... More »

Turkish interior minister says Diyarbakir blast was terrorist attack

FILE PHOTO : A damaged building is seen after an explosion at a police compound in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar/File Photo An explosion at a police compound in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir tha... More »

Blasts hit Borussia Dortmund soccer team`s bus, leaving player hurt

Football Soccer – Borussia Dortmund v AS Monaco – UEFA Champions League Quarter Final First Leg – Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany – 11/4/17 The Borussia Dortmund team bus is seen after an explosion near their hotel before the game Reuters / Kai Pfaffenbac... More »

Air Force space chief open to flying on recycled SpaceX rockets

A SpaceX upgraded Falcon 9 rocket undergoes launch preparations at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California September 27, 2013. REUTERS/Gene Blevins The U.S. Air Force is open to buying rides on previously flown SpaceX rockets to put military satellites into or... More »

London attacker Khalid Masood was a 52-year-old criminal with militant links

Floral tributes are seen outside New Scotland Yard following a recent attack in Westminster, in London, Britain March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls Before he killed at least four people in Britain’s deadliest attack since the 2005 London bombings, Khalid Ma... More »

Hong Kong prosecutes captain, shipper in Singapore troop carrier case

Armored troop carriers, belonging to Singapore, are detained at a cargo terminal in Hong Kong, China November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo Hong Kong authorities have launched a prosecution against the captain of the ship and shipping agent involved i... More »

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