Stars and Stripes
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 07:51
Nigeria's chief of defense staff acknowledged Tuesday that the headquarters of a multinational military force on Nigeria's border with Chad has been seized by Islamic extremists.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 08:07
The U.S. Army is considering equipping the Iraqi army’s M1A1 tanks with upgrades to provide greater protection from land mines and roadside bombs and to add rotating, remotely operated machine guns to attack snipers.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 06:00
Japan and the United States have decided to delay revising the Guidelines for Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation, which the two countries had earlier agreed to do by the end of this year, it was learned Tuesday.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 06:27
Congo's president urged the United Nations on Monday to start withdrawing from the enormous country where a peacekeeping mission has been based for 15 years.
Friday, December 5, 2014 - 05:57
Sudan has imposed tighter controls on a massive, troubled U.N. peacekeeping force while trying to pressure it to leave the country, and it claims allegations of a mass rape in Darfur that have strained relations have been found to be not true.
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 05:53
Around the end of the year, most of the almost 3,000 American troops deployed in Liberia to fight an Ebola epidemic will finish their work and be ready to either start returning home, or to go assist another country the top U.S. general for Africa operations said Wednesday.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 07:06
NATO’s civilian leader said Monday that the alliance would not give Russia any guarantees that it wouldn’t allow former Soviet allies to join its ranks, asserting that no country outside NATO had a “veto” over membership.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 06:45
An army general whose surprise capture by leftist rebels nearly derailed two years of peace talks has resigned after coming under pressure for venturing into guerrilla territory dressed as a civilian and without bodyguards.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 06:22
Cameroon's foreign minister says a five-country African coalition will soon be operational to fight terrorism, notably Nigeria-based Boko Haram.
Friday, November 21, 2014 - 06:49
Nigeria's Senate president has suspended legislative proceedings in the National Assembly until Tuesday following a lockout of members by the police.