NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Days after NATO allies committed tens of billions of dollars to new air and missile defenses, the alliance’s top transformation commander warned that the West must fundamentally redesign its weapons and industrial base to withstand attacks at the scale now being demonstrated in Ukraine and the Middle … Read more
Pete Hegseth asks Congress for billions more in military funding. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy fires his commander in chief after major protests. And an Idaho teen’s death provides a glimpse into the effect that anti-trans laws have had on trans people in America. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and … Read more
An Argentine court convicted a senior former naval officer on Wednesday over the 2017 implosion of a submarine in the South Atlantic in which all 44 crew members died. The wreck of the ARA San Juan was the Argentine navy’s deadliest disaster in peacetime. Claudio Villamide, commander of the submarine force at the time of … Read more
Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, has submitted his retirement papers, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation, marking the latest high-level officer to leave the military during the second Trump administration. Donahue had clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, multiple sources told CBS News. Donahue is a West Point … Read more
BRUSSELS — BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte played down on Wednesday the impact of the Trump administration’s decision to cut back the number of troops and military equipment it would provide its allies should they come under attack. NATO’s supreme allied commander, an American, is working on backup plans to defend Europe after … Read more
NEW YORK — A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and providing support that led to the deaths of three American soldiers. Haji Najibullah’s sentencing capped a daylong proceeding in Manhattan federal court that featured a dramatic few moments when the … Read more
Kyiv — Several retired U.S. generals and the former director of a U.S. intelligence agency told CBS News they believe Ukraine now has the upper hand in the war with Russia. They gave that assessment to CBS News as Ukraine’s top general Oleksandr Syrski said this week that his army has retaken 600 square kilometers — … Read more
WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in Latin America met with Cuban military leaders on Friday in a “brief exchange on operational security matters” near the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, the latest official to visit the island nation as President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on its leaders. Trump has warned that Cuba … Read more
The commander of a terrorist organization is alleged to have discussed wanting to target Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s oldest daughter, as part of a series of attacks, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The commander, Mohammad Al-Saadi, … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The commander of U.S. Africa Command warned lawmakers that Africa has become Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “purse” for fueling the war in Ukraine, as a shrinking American military footprint leaves the U.S. facing an “intelligence black hole” across the continent. Gen. Dagvin Anderson told the House Armed … Read more