Pictures released by US central command come after satellite photos showed US navy ship offshore with floating platform being built alongside itSee all of our Israel-Gaza coverageThe US military has released pictures it says show that a pier to help bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip is now under construction.The images show what appears to be a large metal construction with workers in military uniform dotted along the floating platforms. Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday recognized the United States Military Academy with the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy for besting other service academies in football. Army beat both the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy during last year’s season. The college, based in West Point, New York, posted an overall win-loss record […]
The move is seen as an apparent attempt to go around Republican oversight efforts.
"One of the largest counterfeit-trafficking operations ever."
The arrival of Russian military operators in Niger takes place amid the ongoing withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country following an order from the country’s military junta.
Beijing said it is "always ready" after a U.S. military official warned that China is building up the capacity to invade Taiwan by 2027."Taiwan is China's territory, and the Taiwan issue brooks no foreign interference," Chinese Ministry of National Defense spokesperson Wu Qian said on Thursday.China vows to eventually bring Taiwan under its control, though the Chinese Communist Party has never had a presence there.In recent years, China has drastically increased its military activities around...
Simulation drills in the northern Philippines took place amid Manila’s row with Beijing in the South China Sea.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. airstrike in Syria in May 2023 that was targeting an al-Qaida leader killed an innocent civilian instead, U.S. Central Command said Thursday, confirming early reports from residents and family members shortly after the attack. U.S. Central Command said an investigation into the May 3 strike concluded that U.S. forces misidentified […]
All the incidents took place before the 7 October Hamas attack and were not in Gaza.
US Space Force General Says China's Military Developing Space Assets At "Breathtaking Speed" Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of U.S. Space Command, recently warned about China’s “breathtakingly fast” development of space military capabilities, following his trips to South Korea and Japan. “We are seriously focused at U.S. Space Command on our pacing challenge, which is the People’s Republic of China,” Gen. Whiting told reporters during...
U.S. Central Command acknowledged that one year ago Friday, it mistakenly struck a civilian in a strike in Syria, not the al-Qaeda leader it was looking for.
The State Department said Monday that it determined five units of Israel’s security forces were responsible for “gross human rights violations” against Palestinians in the West Bank, but the finding won’t impact US military aid to Israel. “After a careful process, we found five Israeli units responsible for individual incidents of gross violations of human … Continue reading "US Says Five Israeli Units Guilty of ‘Gross Human Rights Violations,’ But Won’t Cut Off Military Aid"