A group of soldiers claimed on national television in Niger on Wednesday that the country’s President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power. “We, the defense and security forces … decided to put an end to the regime,” said Colonel Amadou Abdramane, shown seated and flanked by nine other officers …

A federal judge on Tuesday vacated the military conviction of Bowe Bergdahl, the former U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty to desertion after he left his post and was captured in Afghanistan. The ruling from Senior Judge Reggie Walton, of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., says that the …

Millionaire Russian businessman Anton Cherepennikov, 40, founder of the ICS Holding technology conglomerate and who was subject to U.S. sanctions, was found dead in his Moscow office, Russian media reported on July 22, in the latest mysterious death of a prominent individual. The preliminary cause of death was listed as …

Another Russian general has been fired in the latest shake-up in the military since Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin launched a short-lived mutiny three weeks ago. Major General Vladimir Selivyorstov, who commanded the 106th Airborne Division, has been dismissed by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Telegram channels close to Russia’s security …

by Mike Eckel A top Russian field commander says he was dismissed after disagreements with superior officers over the situation on the front lines, an unusual public display of dissent from within the Russian ranks after just over 500 days of war in Ukraine. The complaints by Major General Ivan …

Editor’s note: This article is a collaboration between RealClearInvestigations and Soldier of Fortune magazine, with Heath Hansen of SOF on the border. by Heath Hansen and James Varney Soldier of Fortune and RealClearInvestigations CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz. – As blazing sunlight ebbs to a star-studded sky along the U.S.-Mexico border, …

Robert Hanssen, one of the most damaging spies to betray the United States, was found dead in his prison cell early Monday morning, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Hanssen was found unresponsive at the federal correctional complex in Florence, Colo., and was pronounced dead after life-saving measures were …

American forces conducted an airstrike on al-Shabaab militants Friday in Somalia, according to U.S. Africa Command. The strike destroyed weapons and equipment “unlawfully taken by al-Shabab fighters,” the U.S. Africa Command said over the weekend. The command did not report where the weapons and equipment were stolen from. READ MORE …

The Russian mercenary group Wagner is seeking to transit foreign military equipment into Russia via Mali, the U.S. State Department said. The Wagner group is trying to obscure its efforts to buy the equipment for use in Ukraine, according to State Department spokesman Matthew Miller. “There are indications that Wagner …

by Ed Meagher, The War Horse When I returned from Vietnam in February of 1969 I had a bad attitude—a very bad attitude. I joined the Air Force to escape college and a broken heart (another story entirely). It turned out that the discipline, order, and focus the Air Force …