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After Afghan insider attacks, NATO bolsters security

The NATO commander in Afghanistan has ordered tougher security measures to protect allied soldiers from being shot by ...

IAEA says still in talks with N Korea on possible visit

The UN nuclear agency said Thursday it was still in talks with North Korea about a possible visit by inspectors, ...

Panetta acknowledges troubling events in afghanistan

The US defense chief held talks in Afghanistan on Wednesday, acknowledging that a series of "deeply troubling" ...

Fallout from Afghan Koran burning widens

The fallout from Koran burnings at a US airbase, which triggered a week of violence, has widened as Afghan ministers ...

Xi backs expanding US-China military ties

China`s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping and US defense chiefs agreed on the need for expanding military relations between ...

`Act of war` if Iran closes strait of Hormuz: Romney

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Monday he would consider it an "act of war" if Iran was to shut down ...

US army suicides down, sex assaults up

The Pentagon said Thursday the number of suicides in the US Army fell last year for the first time since 2004, but ...

Panetta calls Egypt strongman over NGO raids

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta conveyed his "deep concern" to Egypt`s military ruler over police raids on ...

Stratfor hackers publish email, password data

Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous group published hundreds of thousands of email addresses belonging to ...

Iran dismisses U.S. warnings over Strait of Hormuz

A senior Iranian military commander dismissed on Thursday the U.S. warnings over Iranian threats to close Strait of ...

23-year-old U.S. soldier last killed in Iraq War

The last US soldier identified as killed in combat in Iraq -- the 4,474th -- was a 23-year-old from Greensboro, North ...

Pakistan refusing to take part in air strike probe

Pakistan is refusing to take part in a US military investigation of air strikes near the Afghan border that left 24 ...

Pentagon successfully tests hypersonic flying bomb

The Pentagon on Thursday held a successful test flight of a flying bomb that travels faster than the speed of sound ...

White House says IAEA report on Iran "very alarming"

The White House said on Thursday that this week`s International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran`s nuclear program ...

US plans to bolster military presence in Gulf

The United States plans to bolster its military presence in the Gulf after the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq ...