From Barracks to Palace: Soldiers Who Led Military Coups to Become State Leaders Col. Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as president of Madagascar after a military coup. Here are five other famous...
North Korea Displays New Long-Range Missile at a Military Parade Celebrating Kim Jong Un The parade featured a new, yet-to-be-tested ICBM, which the North Korean state media described as the country’s “most...
Russia, Vietnam Use Energy Profits to Avoid Possible US Sanctions for Arms Deals Under the system, Vietnam has purchased Russian military equipment on credit from Moscow, then paid that credit back from its...
Taiwan's New Civil Defense Handbook Aims to Boost Public Readiness as China Tensions Persist Taiwan launched a new civil defense handbook, providing a more user-friendly revamp highlighting the urgency of strengthening...
Philippine Defense and Military Chiefs Reject Call to Defect From Marcos Over Flood Control Uproar Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, Jr. and military chief of staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. issued a joint statement...
Philippines Condemns China's Swarm of Forces Near Disputed Shoal and Vows to Defend the Territory The latest flare-up in the long-seething territorial disputes around the Second Thomas Shoal came up in closed-door talks...
South Korea Must Navigate the ‘Trump Risk’ at Key Summits in Japan and US Barely two months into office, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung faces a pivotal foreign policy test as heads into back-to...
North Korea Reportedly Has Secret Missile Base Near China The base in Sinpung, North Pyongan Province, located 17 miles from the border with China, likely houses a brigade-sized unit...
Kim's Sister Says North Korea Will Never See the South as a Diplomatic Partner Kim Yo Jong's remarks fit a longstanding pattern of aggressive language during ongoing South Korea-U.S. military drills...
Kim Jong Un Slams South Korea-US Drills During an Inspection of His Most Powerful Warship North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has condemned South Korean-U.S. military drills and vowed to expand his nuclear forces...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...