Stars and Stripes
Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 06:14
Nigeria's president says his country's military will only use the minimum force necessary to deal with extremists after calls for an investigation into senior commanders over abuses, including the deaths of more than 8,000 detainees.President Muhammadu Buhari told European Union lawmakers Wednesday that Nigeria's military has updated its "rules of engagement in fighting terrorism" and that care is being taken in "the treatment of captured terrorists."
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 08:35
Authorities have again postponed a hearing on whether to charge a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who was turned over to Morocco last year after the U.S. withdrew allegations he had ties to an Islamic militant group.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 07:17
The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday declared as constitutional a defense pact that allows American forces, warships and planes to temporarily base in local military camps, in a boost to U.S. efforts to reassert its presence in Asia as China rises to regional dominance.
Friday, November 20, 2015 - 06:17
The U.S. military maintains a small presence in Mali, where French forces have been involved in a long campaign against al-Qaida-aligned militants.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 - 06:18
Gen. Martin Dempsey hit it on the head this summer when — for the sake of global security — he called for our allies to bolster United Nations peacekeeping. “The complex array of threats and, let’s call it geopolitical jockeying, requires all of us to contend with an unpredictable landscape, and our support to peacekeeping operations must keep pace with that unpredictability,” the Joint Chiefs chairman said.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 07:26
U.S. paratroops will soon begin training members of Ukraine’s active-duty military, expanding a program in western Ukraine that began by providing support for the country’s newly formed national guard.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 06:42
A civilian staff member with the United Nations mission in Central African Republic is alleged to have committed sexual exploitation, bringing the total number of those accused of sexual abuse to 17 since the peacekeeping mission arrived to help stabilize the country, the U.N. said Tuesday.
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 06:35
Capt. William W. Wheeler III, set for promotion to rear admiral, has been tapped to serve as the next deputy commander for the U.S. military mission in Djibouti, the Defense Department announced.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 08:04
Command of Marine forces in Europe and Africa will fall under a two-star general stationed in Germany beginning Wednesday, a milestone in the command’s 35-year history and a reflection of the Corps’ growing role in both theaters
Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 07:05
All 275 women, girls and children rescued from Boko Haram and taken to the safety of a northeast Nigerian refugee camp have been taken into military custody amid suspicions that some are aiding the Islamic extremists, a camp official and a Nigerian military intelligence officer said Wednesday.