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Red Sea on fire: US bombs Yemen as Houthis target Israeli-linked ships
The United States is planning to increase its military presence in the Middle East
Exclusive: The US military’s plans to cement its network of African bases
Formerly classified documents reveal an ambitious $330-million project to upgrade US military bases in Africa
Britain fights for control of its last African colony
The Chagos Islands are at the heart of an international sovereignty dispute
China’s defence spending to accelerate in 2018
With the second largest military budget in the world, China’s president continues with his plan to build ‘a world class fighting force’
Exercise tracking app reveals details of military sites
A map showing paths taken by users of an exercise tracking app reveals potentially sensitive information about American and allied military personnel.
Niger’s a reminder of why US military presence in Africa needs constant scrutiny
The deaths of four American soldiers in Niger last month highlighted the nature and implications of US military presence in Africa.
Why is the US chasing ‘Congolese rebels’ in the Northern Cape?
In many ways, the two armies are miles apart but they face many similar challenges
US troops to pull out of West Africa Ebola mission
A force that at one point reached 2 800 has been scaled back to about 1 300 troops and nearly all will return to the US by the end of April.
End of the dumb war
As half the US troops in Iraq prepare to leave, the generals vow not to repeat mistakes of first Gulf War. Martin Chulov reports.
Potato king JR Simplot, US fry innovator, dies
JR Simplot, the billionaire founder of the Boise, Idaho-based agriculture business that bears his name and who helped make French fries a staple of the American diet and…
Saddam journal reveals prison Aids fear
Saddam Hussein, the ousted Iraqi dictator who was hanged in 2006 for crimes against humanity, feared he would pick up sexual diseases while he was United States custody,…
More than 900 killed in Iraq’s Sadr City clashes
More than 900 people have been killed in clashes between militiamen and security forces in Baghdad’s Sadr City, which broke out last month, a senior Iraqi official told reporters…
Green Zone blasted under cover of storm
Militants bombarded Baghdad’s Green Zone with rockets on Sunday, taking advantage of the cover of a blinding dust storm to launch one of the heaviest strikes in weeks on the…
Iraq’s al-Sadr tells fighters to observe truce
Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr pulled back from confrontation with the government on Friday, asking his followers to continue to observe a shaky ceasefire and not to battle…
Cleric al-Sadr threatens ‘open war’ on Iraq govt
Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday threatened an ”open war” against the Iraqi government unless it halted a crackdown by Iraqi and United States security forces on his…