AFP, Associated Press
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
A senior Israeli official will travel to Washington next week in the hopes of signing a long-anticipated agreement that could result in increased U.S. military assistance to Israel, the Israeli prime minister’s office said Monday. The U.S. gives Israel $3.1 billion annually in an agreement expiring before the 2018 fiscal year.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
China issued a safety warning Friday to Chinese visiting Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics following a spate of thefts and armed robberies committed against its athletes, officials, members of the media and others.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 06:35
Bahrain suspended the tiny island kingdom's largest Shiite political group and froze its assets on Tuesday as part of a widening crackdown on activists and dissent five years after the country's Arab Spring protests.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 06:19
As Iraqi security forces tighten their grip on the outskirts of militant-held Fallujah allegations of human rights violations are surfacing on both sides of the operation.
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 06:31
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is sending his recommendations to senior leaders this week on how many American troops should remain in the country next year to work with Afghan forces battling a resurgent Taliban, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 06:14
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that an upcoming “landmark summit” will enhance the alliance’s defensive and deterrent presence in Poland and in the region, but decisions as to the number still haven’t been finalized. He said that several battalions will be placed in Poland, the Baltic States and elsewhere in the region that will raise NATO presence in troops, equipment, prepositioning and infrastructure. The U.S. will be adding an armored brigade.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 06:30
Afghan civilians who assisted the American-led coalition as interpreters, firefighters and construction workers are in danger of being harmed or killed by the Taliban if Congress cancels a program that allows them to resettle in the United States, according to the top American commander in Afghanistan.
Monday, May 23, 2016 - 06:39
NATO foreign ministers and alliance partners have agreed to extend the Resolute Support mission that trains, advises and assists Afghanistan's security forces and institutions beyond 2016.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 07:45
WARSAW, Poland — A NATO spokesman says military equipment and troops have started arriving in Poland by air and sea for a major military deployment exercise by the new "Spearhead" force.
Monday, May 2, 2016 - 06:48
Scrambling to resuscitate a nearly dead truce in Syria, the Obama administration has again been forced to turn to Russia for help, with little hope for the desired U.S. outcome.