UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump’s threat before the world to obliterate North Korea left no doubt about his determination to stop the communist country’s nuclear weapons buildup. His disparagement of the Iran nuclear deal in the same speech…
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Senate on track to pass $700 billion defense policy bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is on track to pass a defense policy bill that pumps $700 billion into the Pentagon budget, expands U.S. missile defenses in response to North Korea’s growing hostility and refuses to allow excess military bases…
Former CIA director resigns from Harvard after Manning announced as political fellow
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The list of political fellows coming to Harvard University now includes former White House press secretary Sean Spicer and former Army intelligence officer Chelsea Manning. Both are among a group of political figures joining the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics this fall as visiting…
UPDATED: North Korea detonates largest nuclear bomb to date
TOKYO — The Latest on the nuclear test North Korea conducted Sunday — its sixth and largest so far (all times local): ___ South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea…
Army identifies soldiers missing after crash, suspends search
HONOLULU — The Latest on five soldiers missing in Hawaii after helicopter training crash (all times local): 1:20 p.m. The U.S. Army has identified five soldiers who are missing nearly a week after a helicopter crashed during offshore training in…
Family ID’s soldier killed fighting ISIS in Afghanistan as Special Forces
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An American soldier was killed and several others were wounded in a battle with Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said. The military said in a statement that several Afghan forces were also wounded in the fighting on Wednesday…