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North Korea still ‘serious and imminent threat’: Japan
North Korea still poses a "serious and imminent threat", Japan said Tuesday in its first annual defence review since an...
Russia signs military cooperation pact with Central African Republic
Moscow and the Central African Republic signed a military cooperation agreement on Tuesday, less than a month after three Russian...
Yemen bus strike killed 40 children, says Red Cross
Forty children were among 51 people killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen,...
US Defense Chief Woos Brazil as Chinese Influence Grows
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis praised Brazil's clout and urged closer strategic ties Tuesday in what appeared to be part...
Special Forces Soldiers help Afghan forces defeat ISIS in eastern Afghanistan
Afghan Special Security Forces, advised by U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers assigned to NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan, captured a...
FY19 Defense Authorization Bill Passes Congress in Record Speed
The Defense Department applauds the passage of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act at the swiftest pace in...
Erdogan backs ally Maduro after ‘assassination bid’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday spoke by phone with Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, passing on his best wishes...
US Base in Southern Syria Sends ‘Signal’ to Iran
PENTAGON: The United States maintains a base in southern Syria that limits Iranian forces’ ability to move through Syria’s al-Tanf...
Israel says shoots down Syrian warplane
Israel shot down a Syrian fighter jet with surface-to-air missiles Tuesday after the plane infiltrated airspace it controls, the military...
No military cooperation with Russia in Syria for now: Mattis
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday there would be no cooperation with the Russian military in Syria -- at...
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