Community Security How Fort Moore lost its Confederate name – without controversy | View caption Hide caption Fort Moore in Georgia holds lessons on how to rename military bases once named for Confederates. Asking locals what they thought helped lead to a smooth transition. It’s a fitting cast. Beside the museum is one of the…
BEIJING — Chinese and Indian military commanders pledged to “maintain the peace and tranquility” along their disputed border, China’s Defense Ministry said, in an apparent effort by the sides to stabilize the situation after a rise in tensions. China’s Defense Ministry issued a joint statement on social media late Tuesday saying the 19th round of commander-level talks…
North Korean officials have claimed that Travis King, a detained American soldier, entered the country as a result of alleged “inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the US Army”. King had shown a willingness to apply for asylum in North Korea after crossing the border last month, according to North Korea’s initial official statements on…
A U.S. soldier was charged with murdering his wife in Anchorage, Alaska, four days after he reported her missing to police. Army Spc. Zarrius Hildabrand, 21, has been charged with first- and second-degree murder, as well as tampering with evidence, according to the Army and court records. Saria Hildabrand was first reported missing on Monday,…
Monitor Breakfast Russian exiled leader: Post-Putin era may be ‘months’ away | View caption Hide caption Mr. Ponomarev was also a key founder of something called the Congress of People’s Deputies – a kind of Russian parliament-in-exile composed of opposition leaders and other former Duma members. The 93-member body held its first meeting last November…
Lebanese army troops deployed on Thursday in a Christian village following a deadly shootout there the previous evening between residents and members of the Shiite group Hezbollah. A Hezbollah member and a Christian resident were killed in Wednesday’s exchange of fire in the village of Kahaleh, near Beirut, in an incident that began when a…
Horrific footage showed the moment children screamed in fear and ran when a missile hit a hotel. Two of Moscow’s Iskander missiles hit the Reikartz Hotel in Zaporizhzhia city center on Thursday evening. One died and 16 were left injured, including four children, from the attack on the hotel on the bank of the Dnipro…
Injured federal employees say their treatable injuries are at risk of progressing into lifelong disabilities because the workers’ compensation program that covers their medical costs and procedures is clogged by low staffing, convoluted processes and an increase in claims. Workers and their advocates say filing a claim is a knotty experience of complicated paperwork and…
The search for an Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea killing four people during a military exercise with the United States last week found human remains but not the black box crucial to explaining the tragedy, an officer said on Thursday. Recovering the four air crew and the black box flight data recorder have…
completely snubbed serving members of the Russian military in the country’s first state awards since the rebellion against the president’s rule, it has been claimed. During a special ceremony at the Kremlin Palace, Putin said orders and medals would be awarded to those “who selflessly defended the constitutional order of on June 24”. This was…