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US forces deploy anti-ship missiles in Philippines, stage live-fire drills near China hotspots
April 27, 2025 1:34 pm
At least 260 Australian personnel also joined, with smaller observer delegations from Japan and other countries.
Malian army says it killed Islamic State group commander who attacked US, Niger forces
April 30, 2024 10:37 pm
Abu Huzeifa, known by the alias Higgo, was a commander in the group known as the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara. The State Department had announced a reward of up to $5 million for information about him.
US forces returning to Philippines to counter China threats
February 08, 2023 4:16 pm
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said during his visit in Manila last week that Washington was not trying to re-establish permanent bases, but that the agreement to broaden its military presence under the Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement was “a big deal.”
Kabul airport reopens to receive aid, domestic flights restart
September 05, 2021 7:53 am
Flights between Kabul and the western city of Herat, Mazar-i Sharif in northern Afghanistan and Kandahar in the south have started, the airline said in a statement on its Facebook page.
Split UN Security Council urges Taliban to allow travel, aid
August 31, 2021 7:29 am
A divided UN Security Council is pressing the Taliban to live up to pledges to let people leave Afghanistan after the US withdraws its forces.
Possible Havana syndrome case delays Kamala Harris trip to Vietnam
August 24, 2021 10:38 pm
The Havana Syndrome is the name for a rash of mysterious health incidents first reported by American diplomats and other government employees in the Cuba capital beginning in 2016.
In Kabul, a fearful wait for US to deliver on evacuation vow
August 21, 2021 4:51 pm
Tens of thousands of Afghan translators and others, and their close family members, seek evacuation after the Taliban’s shockingly swift takeover of Afghanistan in a little over a week’s time
US forces in Afghanistan attack anti-China militants
February 09, 2018 4:16 pm
"The US strikes support Afghanistan in reassuring its neighbors that it is not a safe sanctuary for terrorists who want to carry out cross-border operations," Afghanistan's NATO-led mission said in a release.
Germany rules out air strikes, ground troops against IS
September 22, 2014 2:50 pm
Steinmeier denied reports Germany was under pressure to join the US and France in air strikes against the IS in Iraq.
N Korea warns US forces of 'destruction' ahead of drills
February 24, 2013 12:57 am
US-South Korean Combined Forces is holding its annual simulation war drill
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