Tag: Military and defense
Congo volcano’s lava flows short of regional capital
GOMA, Congo — Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo unleashed lava that destroyed homes on the outskirts of Goma, but witnesses said Sunday that the city of...
Growing mystery of suspected energy attacks draws US concern
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is facing new pressure to resolve a mystery that has vexed its predecessors: Is an adversary using a microwave...
US general: As US scales back in Mideast, China may step in
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — As the United States scales back its military presence across the Middle East to focus on great power competition with...
National Guard mission to provide security ending at Capitol
WASHINGTON — Nearly five months after being deployed to the U.S. Capitol to help quell the Jan. 6 insurrection, National Guard troops were set...
US commander says more work needed to counter small drones
BAGHDAD — A month after an explosives-laden drone targeted U.S. forces at an Iraq base, the top American commander for the Middle East says...
Defense Secretary addresses graduating West Point cadets
WEST POINT, N.Y. — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will speak to graduating U.S. Military Academy cadets Saturday in a ceremony returning to West...
EXPLAINER: Much about US pullout from Afghanistan is unclear
WASHINGTON — When he pulled the plug on the American war in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said the reasons for staying, 10 years after...
Migrant surge on Spain-Morocco border brings more suffering
FNIDEQ, Morocco — They are desperate teenagers and jobless men. They come from Morocco’s coastal towns, its mountainous east or even farther away —...
On the sidelines, Hezbollah looms large over Gaza battle
BEIRUT — Ever since their last war in 2006, Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militia have constantly warned that a new round between them...
Ethiopia charges 28 soldiers with killings in Tigray region
JOHANNESBURG — Ethiopia’s military prosecutors have pressed charges against 28 soldiers suspected of killing civilians in the ongoing conflict in the northern Tigray region,...