military and defense

BAGHDAD (AP) — The first American soldier to die in combat against the Islamic State group in Iraq has been identified as Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheele...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A private Japanese organization that has found the remains of World War II soldiers on Saipan is planning another excavation on th...

LONDON (AP) — Britain will be China's "partner of choice" in the West, Prime Minister David Cameron declared Wednesday, as China demonstrated its comm...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The new top U.S. military officer said Tuesday he sees no prospect right now for Russia to expand its airstrike campaign into Iraq, spe...

JERUSALEM (AP) — The top U.S. military officer pledged further military cooperation with Israel Sunday in meetings with the country's leaders, amid in...

OPATOVAC, Croatia (AP) — Tension was building among thousands of migrants as they remained stranded in fog and cold weather in the Balkans on Sunday i...

OPATOVAC, Croatia (AP) — The latest news as migrants fleeing war or seeking a better life make their way across Europe by the tens of thousands. All t...

BEIRUT (AP) — Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded targets in central and northern Syria, killing at least four civilians Sunday as ground troops batt...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. expects Iran will take months to live up to its end of a seven-nation nuclear pact that could eventually provide the countr...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey shot down an unidentified drone that flew into its airspace Friday near the Syrian border, while Russian President Vladim...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The latest news as migrants fleeing war or seeking a better life make their way across Europe by the tens of thousands. All tim...

MAZAMARI, Peru (AP) — Peru's defense minister has announced an investigation into possible drug-related military corruption following an Associated Pr...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced plans Thursday to keep nearly 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through most of next year and 5,500...

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Craters lie where concrete bunkers once stood, testament to the powerful explosions that occurred when a Mozambican ammuniti...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A military helicopter crashed in a non-hostile incident Sunday at the NATO base in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing five c...

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes advanced against insurgents in the center of the country as President Vladimir Putin defended...

LONDON (AP) — The U.S. is abandoning its goal of having America's military train a new force of moderate Syrian rebels, turning its focus to equipping...

LUXEMBOURG (AP) — The latest developments as hundreds of thousands of people seeking safety make an epic trek through Europe. All times local. ___ 5:5...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The latest on the rainstorm that pounded parts of the East Coast (all times local): 3:30 p.m. The South Carolina National Guard ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration deported fewer immigrants over the past 12 months than at any time since 2006, according to internal figure...