The latest coverage of the Defense Department, State Department and aerospace industry.
Britain, France, and Germany on Friday said they would not support U.S. efforts to trigger the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran while the group demands Tehran provide access to its atomic energy sites.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called for an in-person summit with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in an effort to jointly tackle global problems.
North Korea on Tuesday blew up its joint liaison office with South Korea in what it has called a “terrific explosion” near the border town of Kaesong in the North’s territory.
Miles Yu is the principal China policy and planning adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a key part of the storied Policy Planning Staff on the seventh floor of the State Department.
President Trump confirmed on Monday that he’s prepared to recall about half of the U.S. soldiers stationed in Germany if that nation doesn’t pay more to NATO and treat Washington more fairly on trade issues.
U.S. Forces Korea has become the latest arm of the American military to ban all use of the Confederate flag.
Searchers have discovered the body of a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who went down early Monday in the North Sea. The pilot was discovered after the wreckage of the F-15C Eagle was located.
The U.S. military may have avoided full-scale deployments to American cities, but the recent death of George Floyd has sparked a much deeper debate about race, discrimination and inequality within the ranks and has forced the Pentagon to face head-on its own checkered past.
The United Nations on Friday hit back at a recent decision by the Trump administration to authorize sanctions against officials of the International Criminal Court over its investigation into whether U.S. troops committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
Sen. Marco Rubio on Friday endorsed renaming government facilities that had been named after Confederate leaders if it becomes a “source of legitimate disunity.”
Iraq and the U.S. on Friday confirmed their commitment to continue drawing down the number of American forces from Iraq and maintain discussions about the future of the Washington-Baghdad relationship.
Defying President Trump, a Republican-majority Senate panel Thursday added a provision to a massive defense policy bill that would require the Pentagon to change the name of military bases and other assets names after Confederate Civil War figures.
Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, the Pentagon’s top uniformed officer, on Thursday said he should not have participated in President Trump’s walk across Lafayette Park to visit the fire-damaged St. John’s Episcopal Church last week amid anti-racism protests.
The top U.S. commander in the Middle East expressed skepticism Wednesday that Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders will honor a landmark peace agreement with the U.S. brokered earlier this year, and that American troops should remain in the country until they do.
President Trump said Wednesday he will not even consider renaming up to 10 “legendary” military bases named after Confederate generals, saying it amounts to an attack on the U.S. military’s record.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo formally announced the reopening of the U.S. consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on Wednesday, framing the development as a strategic move within the Trump administration’s ongoing push to expand America’s presence and influence in the Arctic region.
The Army is offering a $15,000 reward for information about the death of a Fort Bragg, North Carolina, soldier who was last seen during the Memorial Day weekend last month.
President Trump ordered his administration on Tuesday to develop a polar icebreaking fleet for the Arctic and Antarctic by the end of the decade, saying it’s necessary for national security.
North Korea said it was cutting off all communication channels with South Korea on Tuesday, a move experts say could signal Pyongyang has grown frustrated that Seoul has failed to revive lucrative inter-Korean economic projects and persuade the United States to ease sanctions.
The Secretary of the Army is willing to talk about whether posts named after Confederate generals like Braxton Bragg or John Bell Hood should be renamed.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will continue dialogue with Russia and to strive for a better relationship with Moscow in an effort to prevent a future arms race between adversaries, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday said that despite President Trump’s reported plan to pull a host of American troops out of Germany, the U.S. and European allies are more productive in Europe than they have been in “many, many years.”
The Pentagon had no desire to deploy active duty troops to Washington last week to quell rioting over George Floyd’s death on Memorial Day in Minneapolis, military officials said Sunday.
The Marine Corps has banned the Confederate battle flag from display in both public areas and work spaces at its installations.
Ten long weeks after a massive coronavirus outbreak sidelined one of the Navy’s signature warships, the USS Theodore Roosevelt has returned to sea and is conducting military operations in the Pacific region.
In an extraordinary break with tradition, a slew of recently servicing senior brass — capped by retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, Mr. Trump’s ill-starred first secretary of defense — have gone public with their criticisms of the commander in chief and their concerns he is dragging the military into partisan waters.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Thursday she is “struggling” to decide if she can continue to support President Trump, following striking comments by former Defense Secretary James Mattis, who criticized the president Wednesday for “militarizing” the federal response to nationwide protests over police brutality.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on the international community to boost funding to defeat the Islamic State terror group.
Iran on Thursday released a U.S. Navy veteran who has been detained for nearly two years.
A behind-the-scenes legislative hold placed on the nomination of the first black chief of a military service branch has reportedly been lifted.
President Trump responded to criticism from former Defense Secretary James Mattis by calling him an “overrated” military leader whom he relished firing.
South Korea said Thursday it planned to push new laws to ban activists from flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border after North Korea threatened to end an inter-Korean military agreement reached in 2018 to reduce tensions if Seoul fails to prevent the protests.
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis — a member of a group President Trump once described as “my generals” — eviscerated the commander in chief Wednesday, saying the U.S. has suffered through “three years without mature leadership” and is dealing with a president who actively tries to divide the American people.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft put the world body on notice this week that Chinese maritime claims in the South China Sea are illegal and must be rejected.
The White House said Wednesday that President Trump will let everyone know if he loses confidence in Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper and that the president has the “sole authority” to call out military troops in response to riots.
Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper made a startling break with President Trump on Wednesday, saying he opposes the use of active-duty troops to help quell nationwide protests while putting clear distance between himself and the White House as questions grow about the Pentagon’s role in the crisis.
The Pentagon late Tuesday confirmed that about 1,600 active-duty Army soldiers are now in the Washington, D.C., area in what military officials called a “prudent planning measure” in response to the ongoing protests in the nation’s capital.
President Trump’s idea to deploy active-duty military forces to quell increasingly violent riots in cities across the country has already sparked a sharp legal and constitutional clash.
The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division recently received an improved version of the M1A2 main battle tank, which comes with “smart canon” munitions, Israeli technology for combating incoming missiles and better armor.
Liberals expressed disgust Monday night at President Trump’s mobilizing of military and civilian forces to confront nationwide rioting.
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The State Department on Monday announced it will restrict visas for Chinese students and researchers who are working in the U.S. and are linked to the People’s Liberation Army, the Chinese military.
Sen. Tom Cotton on Monday urged President Trump to invoke a rarely used law from the 1800s that would deploy active-duty troops in the U.S. cities in the wake of the riots and protests over the death of George Floyd.
U.S. astronauts aboard the SpaceX spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Sunday, celebrating with smiles and hugs from fellow astronauts nearly 19 hours after a historic launch in Florida.
China’s parliament on Thursday approved a national security law on Hong Kong that has sparked fear that the legislation could infringe on the city’s autonomy and freedoms.
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it is revoking nearly every remaining sanctions waiver the U.S. granted Iran under the Obama-era nuclear agreement.
Bad weather aborted a historic SpaceX mission Wednesday, forcing NASA to reschedule its first launch from U.S. soil in nine years.
The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee says the State Department’s declaration that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China is “regrettable,” but recent moves on behalf of Beijing prompted the decision.
A bow-to-stern cleanup of a Navy destroyer is expected to take two more weeks, a thorough disinfecting after a dozen crew members tested positive for the coronavirus, military officials said Wednesday.
The Trump administration said Wednesday that China has effectively stripped Hong Kong of its promised democratic freedoms and the city no longer deserves a raft of U.S. trade and investment privileges, fueling rising U.S.-Chinese tensions and throwing into question the island territory’s status as a global financial powerhouse.
Iranian drones and gunboats may want to think twice before harassing U.S. Navy vessels after a successful round of testing on a new laser weapon.
The U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan is moving quicker than expected as American forces in the country have decreased to nearly 8,600.
The release Tuesday of as many as 900 Taliban prisoners signaled a potentially major breakthrough in relations between the Taliban and the government in Kabul, which continued to trade violent blows after the Trump administration and Taliban leaders announced a deal in February.
A pair of Russian air defense fighter jets buzzed a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday in what officials said was an “unsafe and unprofessional manner.”
A U.N. investigation into a recent exchange of gunfire between the two Koreas has determined that both countries violated the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, the American-led U.N. Command said Tuesday.
