US targets `prominent` Al-Qaeda leader in Syria strike: Pentagon
A US air strike targeted a "prominent" Al-Qaeda leader in Syria on Monday, the Pentagon said, amid reports a senior leader of the group was killed near Idlib.
Oct 04, 2016, 01:41 AM IST
Pentagon chief reassures ASEAN ministers over future US
Pentagon Chief Ashton Carter met Friday with Southeast Asian defense ministers to discuss regional security issues and reassure them America`s "rebalance" to Asia will continue under the next US administration.
Oct 01, 2016, 03:38 AM IST
US-Philippines military alliance `ironclad`: Pentagon chief
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday that America`s alliance with the Philippines was "ironclad," despite that country`s president vowing a day earlier to end joint military exercises.
Sep 30, 2016, 01:22 AM IST
Pentagon chief calls Russia out over `nuclear saber-rattling`
The Pentagon chief also described North Korea as an emerging nuclear threat.
Sep 27, 2016, 04:47 AM IST
Islamic State could use mustard gas to defend Mosul: Pentagon
The Islamic State group could use mustard gas against an Iraqi offensive to retake Mosul, Iraq`s second-largest city, the US Defense Department said Monday.
Sep 27, 2016, 01:19 AM IST
Coalition strike kills ISIS 'minister of information': Pentagon
A coalition air strike in Syria has killed a senior Islamic State operative considered the group`s information minister, a week after another raid eliminated a top IS strategist, the Pentagon said Friday.
Sep 17, 2016, 01:19 AM IST
IS spokesman al-Adnani killed in US air strike: Pentagon
The Pentagon has confirmed that a US air strike killed Islamic State leader and spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani in northern Syria last month.
Sep 13, 2016, 05:08 AM IST
Russian fighter in 'unsafe' intercept of US spy plane: Pentagon
A Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to a US spy plane over the Black Sea today, the Pentagon said, although Moscow quickly insisted the encounter was within "international rules."
Sep 08, 2016, 02:47 AM IST
Logistics pact will make military ops more efficient: Pentagon
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter had signed the 'Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement' (LEMOA).
Sep 01, 2016, 09:15 AM IST
Pentagon probes possible civilian casualties in Syria strike: official
A US-led coalition air strike on an Islamic State weapons factory near the jihadists` Syria stronghold Raqa may have killed civilians.
Aug 25, 2016, 02:42 AM IST
Second US service member killed in Afghanistan in 2016
The latest attack took place in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand Province, when US troops were accompanying Afghan soldiers, the Pentagon said in a statement, adding that six Afghan soldiers were also wounded.
Aug 24, 2016, 04:04 AM IST
US warns Syrian regime not to fly near coalition troops
US military officials reacted furiously last week after jets from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad targeted Kurdish forces and coalition advisers fighting Islamic State jihadists around the north-eastern city of Hasakeh.
Aug 23, 2016, 04:59 AM IST
US scrambled jets as Syrian regime targeted Kurdish forces: Pentagon
"This was done as a measure to protect coalition forces," Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said.
Aug 19, 2016, 22:47 PM IST
15 Guantanamo inmates transferred to UAE
The administration of George W. Bush opened a prison there to hold terror suspects.
Islamic State fighters reduced to 15,000 amid 'retreat on all fronts': Pentagon
A top US commander has claimed the military campaigns in Iraq and Syria have eliminated around 45,000 enemy combatants and reduced the total number of Islamic State fighters to as few as 15,000.
Aug 11, 2016, 17:38 PM IST
US approves $1.15 bn tank, weapons sale to Saudi Arabia
The announcement coincided with news that Saudi-led coalition warplanes had resumed air strikes on Yemen`s capital for the first time in three months.
Aug 10, 2016, 03:18 AM IST
Pak can no longer expect 'blank cheques' from US: Experts
"The blank-cheques approach to soliciting Pakistan's support against terrorism no longer holds in Washington," Shamila Chaudhary, an ex-White House official told PTI.
Aug 05, 2016, 22:55 PM IST
US conducts anti-IS strikes in Libya after official request: Pentagon
At the request of the Libyan government, the United States military conducted precision air strikes against ISIL targets in Sirte, Libya, the Pentagon said.
Aug 01, 2016, 21:03 PM IST
Unable to stop Syria's war, US offers Russia new partnership
The United States offered Russia a broad new military partnership in Syria.
Jul 15, 2016, 11:18 AM IST
US confirms strike on IS commander `Omar the Chechen`
The Pentagon Thursday acknowledged targeting a top Islamic State group commander, Omar al-Shishani, in an airstrike.
Jul 15, 2016, 11:02 AM IST
