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By Laura Rozen | The Envoy 

The United States lowered its flag in Baghdad as the American military mission in Iraq was officially declared over Thursday.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the top U.S. military commander in Iraq Gen. Lloyd Austin (pictured above) presided over a low-key…

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DENVER (AP) — A commercial U.S. satellite company said it has captured a photo of …

ABUJA (Reuters) - Gunmen boarded two fishing vessels just off the coast of Nigeria and took two people hostage, security sources said on Saturday, the latest in a series of hijackings in the waters aroundAfrica's largest oil business.…

By Zachary Roth | The…

Calvin Gibbs, Leader of 'Thrill Kill' Soldiers, Guilty of Murder

Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs was found guilty in a military court Thursday of being…

The White House has responded to two petitions asking the US government to formally acknowledge that aliens have visited Earth and to disclose to any intentional withholding of government interactions with extraterrestrial beings.

"The U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race," said Phil Larson from the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, on…

Written by ReutersThursday, 03 November 2011

The United States expressed interest yesterday in selling its most sophisticated fighter to India, just six months after New Delhi rejected two older U.S. warplanes in a competition for an US$11 billion contract.



The U.S. Defense Department, in a report to Congress on U.S.-India security cooperation, said if New Delhi indicated an interest in Lockheed…

Written by ReutersFriday, 28 October 2011 11:36

A U.S. drone strike killed five commanders of a powerful Pakistani Taliban faction which attacks Western forces in Afghanistan, one of the group's leaders told Reuters.



The…

(CNN) -- A Yemeni government aircraft mistakenly bombed its own troops, killing 29 soldiers, a security official told CNN on Sunday.

The incident occurred Saturday night in southern Abyan province, where Yemeni forces have been battling Islamic militants, said the Yemeni security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

"The attack was an accident, and many lives were lost," said the official, who was not authorized to speak to the…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani and U.S. officials say an American missile strike near the Afghan border has killed an…

By Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr(CNN)

The Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. military have stepped up unilateral strikes against the Haqqani network over the past year, a senior U.S. official has confirmed to CNN.

The news follows public comments by top U.S. officials this week voicing frustration with Pakistan's lack of action against the terror network.

The senior official said the CIA and the U.S. military agreed last…

By: Tim HornyakSEPTEMBER 21, 2011 CNet.com

Technology development firm Cambridge Consultants has created a military targeting system that can track 5-inch shells traveling more than 1,000 mph, allowing gunners to…

The future of war at sea is looking fast and agile.

The U.S. Navy will christen on Saturday a catamaran-style cargo ship that can zip through shallow…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press

China expressed its opposition Monday to a reported deal between the United States and Taiwan to upgrade Taiwan's existing fleet of F-16 fighter jets, even though the U.S. apparently rejected the island's bid for a more advanced version of the…

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New York magazine reported some telling figureslast month on how delayed-notice search warrants -- also known as "sneak-and-peek" warrants -- have been used in recent years. Though passed with…

(CNN) -- All 77 NATO service members wounded in a Saturday attack against a coalition base in Afghanistan are U.S. troops, a spokeswoman for the International Security Assistance Force said Sunday.

Two Afghan civilians were killed and 25 others also were wounded in the attack, which occurred on the eve of the 10th anniversary of al Qaeda's attack on the United States on 9/11, U.S. Army Sgt. Lindsey Kibler said.

None of the injuries is life-threatening, ISAF said, and…

Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif harbored grandiose plans for an attack on a military recruitment station in Seattle and said if a single gunman at Fort Hood could kill 13 people, three gunmen could kill many more, according to the criminal complaint against Abdul-Latif.

He and Walli Mujahidh were arrested in the alleged plot after a nearly month-long investigation, the Justice Department announced…