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Bhopinder Singh | Will Trump on the Rampage Challenge the Apolitical Spine of the US Military?

Bhopinder Singh | Will Trump on the Rampage Challenge the Apolitical...

Recent sackings of top military officials spark concerns over politicization, as former defense secretaries warn of...

9 March 2025 4:31 PM

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In defeat for Trump, court bars him from reversing transgender policy

Donald Trump had, in July, announced that he would ban transgender people from the military.

31 Oct 2017 4:54 AM

Footage from the scene showed twisted vehicles and nearby buildings with only walls left standing. (Photo: AFP)

23 dead, 30 wounded in Mogadishu hotel attack by Al-Shabab

Among the dead were a mother and three children, including a baby, all shot in the head.

29 Oct 2017 7:09 AM

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said with Indias youth, its optimism, its powerful democratic example and its increasing stature on the world stage, it makes perfect sense that the US at this time should seek to build on the strong foundation of its years of cooperation with India. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan not ready' for joint anti-terror ops with US

The Pakistani side would stress the need for intelligence sharing in the fight against terrorists.

22 Oct 2017 11:58 PM

North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un said US President Donald Trump is unfit to hold the prerogative of supreme command of a country. (Photo: AFP)

Trump says military option for N Korea not preferred, but would be...

'We are totally prepared for the second option, not a preferred option,' Trump said at a White House news conference.

27 Sept 2017 6:18 AM

In this undated image distributed on Sunday by Pyongyang shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location. North Koreas state media said Kim inspected the loading of a hydrogen bomb into a new ICBM. (Photo: AP)

US nuclear commander 'assumes' North Koreans tested H-bomb: report

The reported acknowledgement is the nearest the US has come to confirming it was an H-bomb.

15 Sept 2017 6:07 AM

The communication is in line with the decision announced by President Donald Trump recently, which was one of his key electoral promises. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump hails Kuwait mediation in Qatar crisis; offers own...

Trump said all the countries involved are 'essential partners' with the United States in efforts to crack down on...

8 Sept 2017 8:44 AM

ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Photo: AP)

ISIS leader al-Baghdadi appears to be still alive, claims top US...

Army Lt Gen Stephen Townsend said his belief stemmed from a lack of evidence he had seen 'rumor or otherwise' that...

1 Sept 2017 5:29 AM

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabias King Salman bin Abdulaziz. (Photo: File/AP)

US to stop refueling of Saudi aircrafts in Yemen war

The move does not affect US military assistance and training to improve Saudi airstrikes, which have killed thousands of...

10 Nov 2018 6:46 AM

The captains, who are now stationed together at Fort Bliss in Texas, were married in front of 150 family members and friends, 34 of whom were military officers. (Facebook Screengrab/ Vincent Franchino)

Helicopter pilots become first active-duty same-sex couple to marry

Two army captains exchanged vows at West Point in first active-duty, same-sex marriage at esteemed United States...

22 Jan 2018 8:12 AM

Jim Mattis, US defence secretary

Russia, China 'growing threats', must be ready for war: Jim Mattis

Mattis's assessment came as he unveiled the Pentagon's vision for the future detailed in a document called the national...

20 Jan 2018 6:53 AM

President Donald Trump will dispatch his top diplomatic and military advisors to Pakistan in the coming weeks. (Photo: AFP | File)

The White House racist

Mr Trump's intolerant, prejudiced worldview flies in the face of several home truths on racial diversity.

15 Jan 2018 6:53 PM