US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has upbraided Nato for its dependence on the US military, saying this puts the alliance’s mission in Libya at risk.
Libyan rebels appear to be gaining ground against Muammer Gaddafii, the British defence minister said, despite a deadly attack on Misrata port.
A United States military presence in the Pacific is essential to restrain Chinese assertiveness, Washington’s defence chief said on Friday.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Friday held out the possibility of a resumption of six-party talks if North Korea ceases provocations.
The defence chiefs of the United States and China on Monday sought to play down a growing military rivalry between the two countries.
Iran has declared it will begin enriching its uranium stockpile to a higher level, further raising fears over the country’s nuclear ambitions.
Al-Qaeda is seeking to destabilise South Asia and could trigger a war between Pakistan and India, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday.
The United States cannot wait for problems surrounding the legitimacy of the Afghan government to be resolved before making a decision on troops.
Defence Secretary Robert Gates blamed the Taliban’s revival on a failure to deploy enough troops to Afghanistan and said US forces would not withdraw.
We’re only 50 days in, but it’s not too soon to discern a refreshing thread of logic in the president’s foreign policy.
Barack Obama on Wednesday will order a crackdown on waste and cost overruns in government procurement that could save up to -billion a year.
President Barack Obama is retaining a powerful but controversial US weapon left over from the Bush administration’s battle against terrorism.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates flew into Baghdad on Monday, preparing to hand command of the war in Iraq to a new general.
Burma’s junta on Saturday came under renewed international pressure from rights groups and the United States defence chief, who said its slow response to the cyclone disaster had…
United States and Iraqi forces killed 13 gunmen in clashes and air strikes overnight in the Baghdad stronghold of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who said the US would remain his enemy…
All Turkish troops involved in a major ground offensive against Kurdish rebels inside northern Iraq have withdrawn to Turkey, Iraq’s foreign minister said on Friday. Turkey sent…
United States President George Bush urged Nato ally Turkey on Thursday to end its offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels in northern Iraq quickly, but Washington said it would not…
The Turkish army will remain in northern Iraq ”as long as necessary”, Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul said on Thursday, refusing to give a timetable for a troop withdrawal.…
Turkey declined on Wednesday to give Baghdad a timetable for the withdrawal of troops fighting Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq, resisting pressure from the United States and…
A missile from a United States navy warship hit a defunct US spy satellite 247km above the Earth in an attempt to blow apart its tank of toxic fuel, the Pentagon said on…
