Groups Linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State Take Root on the Coast of West Africa Groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State have been spreading from the vast, arid expanse south of the Sahara Desert...
Plea Negotiations Could Mean No 9/11 Defendants Face the Death Penalty, US Tells Families The suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty under plea...
US Investigating Reports Strike Targeting al-Qaida Leader Killed Civilian The U.S. military says it is investigating reports that it killed a civilian in a recent strike in northwest Syria that was...
Al-Qaida Suspect Transferred from Gitmo to Saudi Arabia A Saudi man long held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a suspected al-Qaida operative has been...
2 Pakistanis Reach Home After Being Freed from Guantanamo Officials say two Pakistani brothers who were held by the U.S. at the Guantanamo Bay military prison for two decades have...
US Releases Guantanamo Prisoner Once Tortured at CIA Sites Majid Khan said in a statement through his legal team that he deeply regretted his period of working with al-Qaida in his...
Survivors, Family Members of USS Cole Bombing Find Justice in Killing of Al-Qaida Terrorist For victims of the 2000 attack in Aden, Yemen, the drone strike that killed al-Zawahiri meant his crime was never forgotten.
What Special Operations Command's 'Biggest Lesson' from Afghanistan Means for Future Fights The hectic last days of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan spelled an end of an era for the U.S. special-operations community.
'I'm Living in Guantanamo 2.0': Former Prisoner Says His Life Is Still Hell After Release Mansoor Adayfi was released in 2016 after 14 years in the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, where he says he was tortured...
Prisoner Gives Guantanamo Court First Account of CIA Abuse Majid Khan spoke on the first day in what is expected to be a two-day sentencing hearing at the U.S. base in Cuba.
VA Plans Outreach to Screen 3 Million More Veterans for Toxic Exposures The PACT Act requires the VA to attempt to screen all veterans enrolled in VA health care; to date, 4.8 million veterans have...
DoDEA America's Chief of Staff Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting Operation in Georgia Stephen Hovanic, 64, of Sharpsburg, Georgia, was arrested Nov. 15 in a sting that netted 25 additional suspects on charges...
Pentagon's AI Initiatives Accelerate Hard Decisions on Lethal Autonomous Weapons The Pentagon is intent on fielding multiple thousands of relatively inexpensive, expendable AI-enabled autonomous vehicles by...
Marines in Dress Blues Who Brawled with Civilians in Texas Bar District Not Facing Punishment Video posted on YouTube shows a confrontation that quickly escalated between a group of men and the uniformed Marines among...
Trump Hints at Expanded Role for the Military Within the US. A Legacy Law Gives Him Few Guardrails Experts in constitutional law and the military say the Insurrection Act gives presidents tremendous power with few restraints...