In what appears to be the latest setback for Moscow’s military offensive Ukraine, Russian troops are withdrawing from areas near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, according to Ukrainian military officials. The General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces announced the development early on May 14, saying that Russian troops appeared to …

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin used his first conversation with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu since the start of the Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine to call for an immediate cease-fire there, the Pentagon has said. “Secretary Austin urged an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine and emphasized the importance of maintaining …

The U.S. Army in World War II also issued playing cards, including a deck of aircraft silhouettes to help soldiers on the ground identify friends from foes.

The Taliban murdered his son and threatened his family. The former interpreter evaded 12 enemy checkpoints, and now has been reunited with the American soldiers whose lives he saved in Afghanistan. They started falling from the above and it took a second for Najeebullah to realize what they were: U.S. …

A Haitian citizen was extradited from Jamaica to the United States to face criminal charges in Florida related to his alleged involvement in last year’s assassination of the former President of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse. Joseph Joel John, 51, is charged with conspiring to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United …

Signs are emerging in Uganda that the East African nation is gearing up for hereditary leadership, with a military commander poised to take the helm from his own father.  Public fetes celebrating the son of Uganda’s leader are raising concern he is aiming for the presidency after years of apparently …

No jokes, no talking, just business. The stern-faced Marines in the six-wheeled armored vehicle, known as the “Cougar,” listened intently to the chatter over the radio. “The Afghan army just got their first kill in combat,” said a Marine on the communication line. Stoicism turned into wide grins after hearing …

Moroccan police said they had arrested a suspected Islamic State group member, in cooperation with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, who was implicated in plotting “acts of terrorism.”  The announcement came ahead of the opening next Wednesday in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh of a conference of member countries …

The Ukrainian military says it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea near Snake Island, declaring that a missile launched from a Bayraktar drone struck a Russian landing craft. “In the waters of the Black Sea, an enemy landing craft of the type Serna was destroyed,” military spokesman Serhiy Bratschuk …

By Christopher Rance “Snipers aren’t deadly because they carry the biggest guns; they’re deadly because they’ve learned how to weaponize technology.” Today’s snipers look a lot different from the snipers of yesteryear. The fundamental traits are still intact: keen observation skills, mental acuity, physical fitness and sound understanding of marksmanship …