US Defense Secretary Hagel Meets Russian Security Council Chief
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel held a meeting with Russian National Security Council chief Nikolai Patrushev on Tuesday discussing bilateral and international issues, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said. “Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with Russian Federation Security Council Secretary General Nikolai Patrushev today at the…
Hagel, Australian Counterpart Note Progress, Cooperation
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith met for a working lunch at the Pentagon this afternoon, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said. In a statement summarizing the meeting, Little said the two defense leaders discussed the progress and cooperation between the United States and…
ISAF Says Not Seeing Mass Group Of Insurgents In Helmand
The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan denied Tuesday media reports of a massive group of insurgents attacking checkpoints in Helmand, Afghanistan. While admitting that there have been reports of some attacks on police checkpoints, Col. Thomas Collins, an ISAF spokesperson, said the numbers that have been…
EU Threat To Visa Regime Worries Macedonia
By Sinisa Jakov Marusic In a bid to head off moves to reassess the visa-free regime, Macedonia says…
Kyrgyzstan May Not Renew US Lease On Manas Air Base
The Kyrgyz government has penned a bill that would see the closure of the US-leased Manas air base…
Uzbek Radical Arrested On Terrorism And WMD Charges In Northwest US
By John Storey Fazliddin Kurbanov, a man with no known criminal record besides two traffic violations, was arrested…
Oklahoma Tornado Death Toll Lowered To 24
Officials in Oklahoma have revised to 24 the number of bodies recovered after a tornado devastated the town…
Nigeria: More Than 200 Boko Haram Captured
By Heather Murdock Nearly a week after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announced the deployment of thousands of troops…
Massive Tornado In Oklahoma Kills At Least 51 People
By Greg Flakus A tornado with 320 kilometer per hour winds has killed at least 51 people and…
US Eyes North Korean Missile Launches
By Jim Garamone The United States continues to call on North Korean leaders to exercise restraint and abide…
North Korea Fires Missiles For Third Day In Row
North Korea launched another two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, marking the third straight…