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Iran seizes oil tanker MV Wila for five hours: USA reports
Dubai: The Iranian navy boarded and briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the United States, a US military official said on…
- News
US military worse than Nazis, says former drone operator
Washington: A former US drone operator-turned-whistleblower who claimed his air force bosses told him ‘it’s just a dog’ when he killed a child in Afghanistan has described the American military as ‘worse than the Nazis’.…
- World
US military resumes joint operations with Iraq against ISIS
Washington: The United States military resumed joint operations with Iraq against the Islamic State (ISIS) on Wednesday after a 10-day pause that began following American airstrike that killed top Iranian military commander…
- Middle East
Saudi king calls Trump after shooting in US military base
Washington: The King of Saudi Arabia called US President Donald Trump Friday after the shooter that killed three people at a US military base earlier in the day was confirmed to be…
- Syria
US military ops in Syria getting complicated for Washington
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is facing tough questions about the US military’s role in Syria. Troops are now limited to a smaller, tougher to defend zone, and focused on protecting oil fields that legally…
- Syria
US military calls on Kurdish forces in northeast Syria
QAMISHLI: US military vehicles Saturday entered a Kurdish-held area in northeastern Syria and met with officials, AFP correspondents and a local source said, in the second such visit since an announced US pullout from…
- Syria
US forces withdraw from key base in northern Syria
TALTAMR: US forces withdrew from a key base in northern Syria Sunday, a monitor said, two days before the end of a US-brokered truce to stem a Turkish attack on Kurdish forces in the…
- News
US military drone shot down over Yemen
Washington: A US MQ-9 drone was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in the south of Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Tuesday, according to a US official. “The US believes that the missile…
- Science
US military consumes more hydrocarbons than most countries, pollutes climate: Study
Washington: The US military is one of the largest climate polluters in history as it consumes a considerable about of non-renewable liquid fuels and emits more CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) than most…
- World
US military intervention in Venezuela not imminent: Bolton
Washington: US military intervention in Venezuela was not imminent but all options remained on the table, National Security Adviser John Bolton has said. In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt…
