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Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Photo courtesy mittromneycentral.com Afghan war forgotten again in White House race America's "forgotten war" in Afghanistan, is missing in action again, squeezed out of the campaign narrative as President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney duel for the White House.
22 September 2012
Last US surge troops leave Afghanistan The last of the 33,000 US soldiers that President Barack Obama sent to Afghanistan nearly three years ago as part of a military surge have left the country.
21 September 2012
National icon keeps campaign guessing ahead of Ghana polls The military shooting range along a windswept beach appears desolate and unassuming, but it is home to a controversial piece of history for Ghana and its former president Jerry Rawlings.
19 September 2012
NATO restricts joint operations with Afghans: officials NATO-led forces are scaling back joint operations with Afghan forces after a spate of "insider attacks" in which Afghan recruits turned their weapons on Western allies.
19 September 2012
Pentagon chief seeks to calm China-Japan row US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was to deliver an appeal for calm in talks with senior Chinese military leaders Tuesday amid an escalating territorial dispute between Beijing and Tokyo.
18 September 2012
US positioning forces in response to Mideast unrest: Panetta The US is positioning military forces so that it can respond to unrest in as many as 17 or 18 places in the Islamic world, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced late Friday.
15 September 2012
Two killed at US base where Prince Harry deployed Insurgents armed with guns and rockets stormed a heavily fortified air field in Afghanistan, killing two US Marines and damaging aircraft in a major security breach at the camp where Prince Harry is deployed.
15 September 2012
@RIA Novosti Russian army accidentally fires on school: official Russia launched an investigation after an army unit accidentally fired mortar shells into the grounds of a boarding school in the troubled North Caucasus region of Dagestan.
14 September 2012
US says Libya attack was Islamist militant plot The United States suspects a deadly attack on a US consulate in Libya was a well-planned assault by militants instead of a rampaging mob.
13 September 2012
Military judge Colonel James Pohl. ©REUTERS/POOL New Judge refuses to televise Guantanamo trial A US military judge has turned down a defense request to televise the war crimes tribunal of the alleged Al-Qaeda mastermind of a deadly attack on a US warship in 2000.
13 September 2012
Prince Harry in Afghanistan for second tour of duty Britain's Prince Harry is back in Afghanistan to serve as a military helicopter pilot four years after his previous deployment there had to be cut short, the Ministry of Defence said on Friday.
10 September 2012
Thailand grapples with killer student gangs Sweat dripping from their foreheads as they complete a set of press-ups, students at a Thai army boot camp are momentary allies, but a spate of gang shootings suggests it is an uneasy peace.
09 September 2012
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev. ©RIA Novosti Armenia 'ready for war' after Azerbaijan axe-killer pardon Armenia warned Azerbaijan it was ready for war as tensions soared Monday between the ex-Soviet foes after Baku pardoned and promoted an Azerbaijani officer who axed an Armenian soldier to death.
05 September 2012
Bolivia President Evo Morales. ©REUTERS Bolivia leader: US 'commands' Colombia's military Bolivia President Evo Morales accused the US military of commanding Colombia's armed forces and of having a military base in the South American country.
04 September 2012
Australia says Karzai 'wrong' on Afghan operation Australia Monday flatly rejected comments from Afghan President Hamid Karzai that a recent night-time raid which left two men dead was carried out without the approval of local authorities.
03 September 2012
US suspends Afghan police recruit training US special forces in Afghanistan have suspended training for about 1,000 Afghan police recruits to vet existing members, the military said Sunday, after a surge in insider attacks on NATO.
03 September 2012
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. ©RIA Novosti Russia says 'naive' to expect Assad to halt fire first Russia said Saturday it would be "naive" for outside powers to expect Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to withdraw his troops first from major cities and then wait for the opposition to follow suit.
01 September 2012
Pentagon press secretary George Little. Photo courtesy of defense.gov On SEAL's book, Pentagon keeps legal options open The Pentagon has not decided whether a book by a former US Navy SEAL on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden exposes state secrets but it is keeping its legal options open.
01 September 2012
Colombia confirms 'exploratory' talks with FARC Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed that his government had begun "exploratory discussions" with leftist FARC rebels.
30 August 2012
Kazakhstan Finance Minister Bolat Zhamishev. Photo courtesy of pm.kz Kazakhstan increases military spendings Kazakhstan's defense expenditures will exceed 1 trillion tenge ($8.6 billion) in 2013-2015.
29 August 2012
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