Tag: Military and defense
Iran: Militants attack Revolutionary Guard unit in southeast
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An armed separatist group in Iran’s restive southeast assaulted a vehicle carrying members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard paramilitary force...
Pentagon report cites threat of extremism in military
WASHINGTON — Domestic extremist groups pose a serious threat to the military by seeking to recruit service members into their ranks and, in some...
Thailand probes Facebook’s removal of army-linked accounts
BANGKOK — Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says he has assigned the Royal Thai Army to investigate after Facebook Inc. removed 185 accounts and...
Saudi envoy disputes crown prince role in Khashoggi killing
UNITED NATIONS — Saudi Arabia’s U.N. ambassador on Monday disputed the U.S. intelligence report which concluded that the Saudi crown prince approved an operation...
California to spend $28M to help arriving asylum-seekers
SAN DIEGO — California is freeing up as much as $28 million to help immigrants arriving from Mexico and being released in the U.S....
Secretive Israeli nuclear facility undergoes major project
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A secretive Israeli nuclear facility at the center of the nation's undeclared atomic weapons program is undergoing what appears...
Defense head Austin weighs warship needs in Pacific, Mideast
ABOARD THE USS NIMITZ — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told sailors on the USS Nimitz Thursday that he hopes to avoid long ship deployments...
Ukraine gets first vaccine shipment as hospitals struggle
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine on Tuesday received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccine, raising hopes that authorities can start beating back the virus' spread...
US reopens Texas surge facility to hold immigrant teenagers
HOUSTON — President Joe Biden's administration has reopened a tent facility to house up to 700 immigrant teenagers after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border...