Rather than launching opportunistic ambushes, the Boko Haram faction targets military bases in return for payment from Islamic State. Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) pays fighters based on the weapons and military equipment they capture during attacks on Nigerian and regional military bases. A fixed price list set by the Islamic State, which funds…
Washington — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has relocated from his home in the Washington, D.C., area to a military base following a series of Iranian threats against his life. “The secretary will not be deterred by the Iranian regime’s threats and remains committed to executing Operation Economic Outcast and maintaining the blockade, which together are…
A United States Marine has died in Japan, following a “training incident,” the military said in a statement Wednesday. The unnamed Marine was undertaking training at Camp Schwab in Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost prefecture, the statement said. The area is home to a large U.S. military presence and bases that serve as a regional hub in…
The U.S. military carried out limited strikes Monday on Iran’s Qeshm Island, according to two U.S. officials. The officials said the U.S. attacks, which came on the eve of crucial U.S. midterm elections and as the Middle East is anxious about the possibility of a return to all-out war, were not a resumption of major…
African leaders attending the Russia-Africa summit must call on the Russian authorities to immediately end the coercive and deceptive recruitment of African nationals into Russia’s military forces to fight against Ukraine, Amnesty International’s African section directors said in an open letter ahead of the summit, which takes place from 28 to 29 October in Moscow….
The war with Iran has cost the U.S. military at least $47.1 billion as of mid-October, according to a new estimate from U.S. Central Command obtained by CBS News. The bulk of the war’s price tag is the cost of replacing expended munitions, which CENTCOM pegged at around $29 billion, according to the latest estimate,…
Google has officially begun deploying Google Beam, its 3D holographic video conferencing platform, to 20 United Service Organizations (USO) centres worldwide. The deployment aims to help active-duty service members stay connected with their families through real-time, lifelike communication channels. Read: Anthropic files for historic Nasdaq IPO The global expansion follows a successful pilot program that…
A Ukrainian official disputed SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s claim that Ukraine’s military violated Starlink’s terms of service, prompting the company to restrict Ukraine’s access to the high-speed satellite technology. Serhii Beskrestnov, a defense technology advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, wrote an online post on Sunday contesting Musk’s reason for temporarily throttling Ukraine’s access to…
Foreign ministers from seven nations in Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere will hold talks in Istanbul Friday focused on the Strait of Hormuz and the interlinked crises in the Middle East, as well as the Ukraine war. Ministers from the so-called E3 group – Britain, France and Germany – will meet counterparts from the…
A blaze that killed four soldiers and injured several dozen more on a military base in the Canadian province of Alberta last week broke out on a grenade launcher range during training exercises, officials said Thursday. The fire sparked Oct. 17 on the automatic grenade launcher range of Canadian Forces Base Wainwright “during routine military…
