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The White House confirmed plans to rename the Department of Defence to the Department of War, reviving its historic title. President Trump cited a shift toward offensive military priorities and symbolic ties to past U.S. victories as reasons for the change
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India and the US have agreed to sign a new 10-year defence framework, reaffirming strategic ties and cooperation on defence production. Rajnath Singh also urged swift delivery of GE F404 engines for Tejas jets during talks with US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for a final round of contentious hearings marked by scrutiny over his controversial decisions
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Concurrently, US State Department preparing to order departure of all nonessential personnel from US Embassy in Baghdad due to potential for regional unrest, say officials
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It comes after staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, were at the Pentagon earlier in the week and received lists of such employees
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In a post on social media, US President says senior IS planner and recruits targeted in operation carried out by US Africa Command and Somalia government
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Documents note that Israel continues to move military assets in place to conduct military strike in response to Iran's blistering ballistic missile attack on October 1
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US moves guided missile submarine USS Georgia and aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln to Middle East
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Terms of plea bargain include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his two accomplices' longstanding condition that they be spared the risk of death penalty
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The precision weapons, undisclosed in the announced emergency military package for Ukraine by the US in March, were omitted to preserve operational security at Ukraine's request.
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He mentioned that deployed or deploying units comprise the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery from Fort Bliss, Texas, as well as Patriot batteries from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Fort Liberty, North Carolina, which includes both Patriot and Avenger batteries.
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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has confirmed that the Pentagon is moving an aircraft carrier, warships and jets to the eastern Mediterranean
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The drone attack appeared to be Kyiv's largest single cross-border drone assault reported by Moscow since it launched its invasion 20 months ago.
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In another development, the Biden administration on August 10 asked Congress to approve $24 billion for Ukraine.
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The number of cases was up from the 350 reports referenced in an unclassified intelligence report on unidentified aerial phenomena released earlier this year.
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In 1997, defence trade between India and the US was almost negligible, today it stands above USD 20 billion.
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"We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon," press secretary Brigadier General Patrick Ryder said in a statement to CNN.
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The Pentagon has been tracking the balloon for several days as it made its way over the northern US, media reports quoted Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder as saying.
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In a statement on Wednesday, the Pentagon said the decision was made per new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reports Xinhua news agency.
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The terrorist attack was carried out by ISIS gunman, General Kenneth Franklin McKenzie, Commander of the United States Central Command, told reporters at a Pentagon news conference on Thursday