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US Defence Secretary James Mattis. (Photo: AP)

Transgender US military ban not a done deal, Pentagon cheif hints

Trump last month upended an Obama-era policy of more than a year that allowed transgender troops to serve openly.

15 Aug 2017 4:01 AM

This combination of photos show North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) on April 15, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea and US President Donald Trump in Washington on April 29. (Photo: AP)

If North Korea attacks US and allies, it will regret it fast: Trump...

Trump appeared to draw another red line that would trigger a US attack against N Korea and 'big, big trouble' for its...

12 Aug 2017 3:56 AM

US State Secretary Rex Tillerson, left, passes by the table of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at the start of the 7th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting and its dialogue partners as part of the 50th ASEAN Ministerial Meetings in Manila, Philippines. (Photo: AP)

China 'willing to pay price' for new US sanctions on North Korea

The UNSC unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Saturday that could slash its $3 billion annual export...

8 Aug 2017 8:14 AM

US military. (Photo: AP)

US-led fight on ISIS have killed 352 civilians since 2014: Pentagon

A report said that 80 civilian deaths from August 2014 to the present that had not previously been announced.

1 May 2017 7:21 AM

A man stands with two children, victims of a chemical attack by the Syrian government, recently.

DisCourse: On a knife's edge

The countries with the largest relative increases in military spending between 2015 and 2016 are in Central Europe.

30 April 2017 10:51 PM

Rescuers earlier left the wreckage site but were forced to double back when they heard moaning coming from the debris. (Photo: Representational/AP)

US claims deadly north Syria strike, denies targeting mosque

Rescue workers struggled to pull survivors from rubble, dozens of residents were still unaccounted for.

17 March 2017 7:41 AM

But many experts doubt that the X-37 B is the prototype for a true weapon of war or espionage. The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. (Photo: AP)

After 2-year secret space mission, US military drone returns to Earth

Since its first flight in 2010, it has sparked all kinds of speculation about its real purpose.

10 May 2017 3:19 AM

Patel was sent back to the US by his employer but he travelled to Jordan instead where he was arrested and eventually deported. (Photo: Repesentational Image)

Indian-origin man arrested for making false statements on US army...

His parents spoke with the FBI about their son after learning he was in Jordanian custody and said he had become...

8 July 2017 6:12 AM

US President Donald Trump thanks the audience at the end of joints statements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: PTI)

Don's policies making US a sadder, more dismal place

The sadness of America, the hopelessness of America, will in this way spread its wings and tentacles.

6 July 2017 7:22 PM

President Donald Trump reacts after addressing a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Trump pushes for more military spending

Trump spoke against military backdrop as he pushes for a hike in defence spending that is likely to meet with stiff...

3 March 2017 5:13 AM

US President Donald Trump thanks the audience at the end of joints statements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: PTI)

Trump says transgender people barred to serve US military

US President Donald Trump's announcement Wednesday morning on Twitter was after consulting with 'Generals and military...

26 July 2017 1:49 PM

When the 40-year-old Star Wars franchise could change hands at $4 billion, one can well imagine the real costs of actual technological advances to build a missile shield that can destroy a threatening missile both inside and beyond the Earths atmosphere. (Representational image)

US to test 'first-of-its-kind' missile to counter Pyongyang

The missile is meant to simulate an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a Missile Defence Agency spokesman said.

28 May 2017 3:25 AM