Military and defense

US pauses joint defense effort with Canada that dates to WWII 0

WASHINGTON — The United States is pausing its participation on a joint board with Canada for continental defense that dates back to World War II, the Pentagon announced Monday, accusing Canada of failing “to make credible progress on its defense commitments.” President Donald Trump has long accused Canada and other NATO countries of spending too

USS Ford returns home after 11-month deployment supporting the Iran war and Maduro’s capture 0

NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world largest aircraft carrier, returned home to Virginia on Saturday after an 11-month deployment, the longest since the Vietnam War, that saw it support the U.S. war with Iran and the capture of Nicolás Maduro when he was Venezuela’s president. The most advanced U.S. warship and

US charges 2 Chinese nationals with managing cyberscam compound in Myanmar 0

WASHINGTON — Two Chinese nationals face charges in the U.S. that they managed a sprawling compound in Myanmar where authorities say workers were forced to participate in cryptocurrency investment fraud scams, according to court records unsealed Thursday in Washington, D.C. A complaint filed in federal court charges the suspects — Huang Xing Shan and Jiang

Afghan charged in deadly bombing at Kabul airport gave false confession, his attorney tells jurors 0
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- April 20, 2026
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — U.S. authorities “got the wrong man” when they charged an alleged Islamic State militant in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, a defense attorney said Monday at the start of the man’s trial in Virginia. Mohammad Sharifullah is accused of
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UK puts Chagos Islands handover deal on hold after Trump withdraws support 0
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- April 11, 2026
LONDON — Britain’s agreement to hand Mauritius the Chagos Islands that are home to a strategic U.K.-American military base is on indefinite hold because U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has withdrawn its support for the deal. The British government acknowledged Saturday that legislation to ratify the agreement for the islands in the Indian Ocean has
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Shaky ceasefire unlikely to stop cyberattacks from Iran-linked hackers for long 0
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- April 8, 2026
WASHINGTON — Hackers backing Tehran say an uncertain ceasefire between Iran and the United States and Israel won’t end their retaliatory cyberattacks, a warning that American cybersecurity experts say potential targets in the U.S. and Israel should take seriously. One leading hacking group known as Handala said after the ceasefire announcement that it was temporarily
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