Military
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 06:10
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to retired Gen. Carter Ham, former head of U.S. Africa Command, about U.S. military efforts to counter jihadist groups in Africa.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:33
Dozens of US special operations troops will arrive in Syria “very soon” as promised by president Barack Obama’s administration, a senior official has said.
Monday, November 23, 2015 - 06:16
The Pentagon has stepped up operations in Africa in recent years, insisting that a greater U.S. military presence is necessary to help counter threats from militants such as those who took hostages at a hotel in Mali.
Friday, November 20, 2015 - 06:57
The standoff between Russia and the West is once again heating up, but this time tensions are centered on the Caucasus.
Friday, November 20, 2015 - 06:22
U.S. Special Forces are assisting in rescue efforts amid an attack at a luxury hotel in Mali, CNN reported on Friday.
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 06:54
The National Defense University (NDU) in Washington, D.C., played host to government and defense leaders, as well as civil-sector security experts from across the Americas Nov. 18 to mark the release of a special Western Hemisphere edition of PRISM, a quarterly security journal published by the university’s Center for Complex Operations.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:49
Nigeria has recorded more deaths from insurgency and violent crimes in the last four years than before, despite spending an unprecedented N1.488 trillion on armaments between 2011 and 2014, a PREMIUM TIMES analysis has shown.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:34
So how many U.S. military bases are there in Africa?
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:04
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Tuesday signed the 2016 defense policy bill, which now heads to the president's desk for his signature for the second time.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 - 06:32
As part of a major overhaul of the U.S. government’s strategy against the Islamic State group, President Obama on Friday authorized the deployment of “fewer than 50” U.S. special operations troops to northern Syria, where they will work with local forces in the fight against the militants.