US Central Command announced on July 20 that the US was deploying a Marines Corps unit and additional warships to the Middle East amid heightened tensions with Iran. The command said in a press release that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the deployment of...
The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that Western officials knew Ukrainian forces didn't have enough training or equipment for their counteroffensive but hoped they would be able to break through anyway. The report reads: "When Ukraine launched its big...
A newly declassified court document has revealed the FBI improperly searched a surveillance database seeking information about a US senator, a state senator, and a state judge. The disclosure comes during a heated Congressional debate over intelligence agencies’...
The Joe Biden administration believes it is important to get F-16s to the Ukrainian military and estimates the warplanes could arrive around the end of the year. Although, the White House does not assess the F-16s will alter the course of the war. National security...
The House and Senate are set up for a fight over how much military aid to include for Taiwan in 2024 spending bills as each chamber's appropriators granted a different amount, Defense News reported Thursday. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday passed its...
Ukrainian officials told The Washington Post on Thursday that Ukrainian forces have started firing US-provided cluster munitions at Russian soldiers in southeastern Ukraine, which was later confirmed by the White House. Last year, the White House called the use of...
North Korea on Thursday issued a warning over the US deployment of a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea, saying the provocation could potentially justify Pyongyang using its nuclear weapons. The Ohio-Class USS Kentucky docked in the South Korean port of Busan on...
The head of Britain's MI6 spy agency has called for Russians opposed to the war in Ukraine to collaborate with the intelligence service. "I invite them to do what others have done this past 18 months and join hands with us. Our door is always open," MI6 chief Richard...
US Africa Command on Thursday said that it launched an airstrike in Somalia in support of Mogadishu-based government forces who were engaged with al-Shabaab on the ground. AFRICOM said the strike was launched in a remote area about 9 miles south of the village of...
The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted down an amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would declare NATO's Article 5, which outlines mutual defense commitments, does not override congressional war powers. The amendment, introduced...
