Foreign Policy

2 US Special Operations Soldiers killed, 1 wounded in Afghanistan

Two U.S. special operations soldiers were killed on Thursday while participating in a joint US-Afghan operation in the Achin District of Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan, according to a statement by Pentagon Spokesman US Navy Captain Jeff Davis.  The joint operation was being conducted against ISIS-K, the terrorist organization’s Afghanistan specific sect. A third American soldier […]

The growing horror in a city where 500 children were kidnapped by Boko Haram

DAMASAK, Nigeria — Construction workers are painting over the Boko Haram graffiti. Plywood frames are rising in the place of homes destroyed by grenades and bombs. Thousands of refugees are returning. On the surface, this city once occupied by Islamist extremists is slowly returning to normal. Except for one horrifying fact: Hundreds of children are […]

‘Past efforts have failed’: White House announces tough new strategy on North Korea

A joint statement from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coates outlined the US’s new stance on North Korea on Wednesday. “Past efforts have failed to halt North Korea’s unlawful weapons programs and nuclear and ballistic missile tests,” the statement reads. “North Korea jeopardizes the […]

Japan preparing citizens for potential missile attacks, invasion by North Korea

The Japanese government is warning its citizens that they may have as little as 10 minutes, if any time at all, to seek shelter from an incoming missile attack from North Korea, the Washington Post reports. Publicly disseminated information from the office of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, called “actions to protect yourself” were released this […]

China is building a massive indoor submarine construction facility

Building a large-scale military asset like a submarine can be difficult enough, but in today’s age of high-flying drones and spy satellites, keeping your military projects hidden from prying eyes can be just as huge an undertaking as the construction itself. China, who has had their sights set on expanding and modernizing their military presence […]

THAAD missile defense timeline moved up in South Korea, protests ensue as a result

South Korean officials announced on Wednesday that the installation of key components of the U.S. sourced THAAD missile defense system had successfully been installed ahead of schedule due to concerns about the potential for a North Korean attack. “South Korea and the United States have been working to secure an early operational capability of the […]

U.S. Destroyer forced to alter course to avoid Iranian attack boat

An American destroyer was forced to alter its course when approached in an “unprofessional” and “provocative” manner by a vessel belonging to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard in the Persian Gulf on Monday. A fast-attack craft belonging to the elite Iranian military group came within one thousand yards of the USS Mahan with its weapon […]

Turkish jets strike Kurdish fighters in Syria, Iraq’s Sinjar

Turkish planes bombed Kurdish fighters in Iraq’s Sinjar region and northeast Syria on Tuesday, killing at least 20 in a widening campaign against groups linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party. A Turkish military statement said around 70 militants were killed in the operations inside the two neighboring states. The air strikes in Syria targeted […]

James Mattis weighs in on Taliban attack from Afghanistan

American Secretary of Defense James Mattis visited the headquarters of NATO’s Operation Resolute Support in the Afghan capital on Monday, and took the opportunity to reaffirm American support in the fight against terrorist organizations like ISIS and the Taliban who were responsible for an attack that claimed the lives of over a hundred Afghan soldiers […]