North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, ahead of a summit between U.S. and Chinese leaders who are set to discuss Pyongyang's increasingly defiant arms programme.
The missile flew about 60 km (40 miles) from its launch site at Sinpo, a port city on North Korea's east coast,..Read more
President Donald Trump reshuffled his national security organisation on Wednesday, removing his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, from a top policymaking committee and restoring senior military and intelligence officials who had been downgraded when he first came into office.
The shift was orchestrated by Lt Gen H.R. McMaster, who was tapped as Trump’s national security adviser after the resignation of Michael..Read more
The Pentagon's top officer on Thursday would not say if US ground forces will deploy to Syria to fight Islamic State (IS) militants, observing only that he is readying a "full range of options" for President Donald Trump.
General Joe Dunford's remarks come as the Pentagon finalizes a new plan to defeat IS that Trump ordered shortly after taking office...Read more
The US is committed to peacekeeping forces in Sinai, the vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff for Operations said that In a press conference on Wednesday, the US official said that Washington focused on providing protective measures for international forces in Sinai.
Talks are continued among the US, Egypt and Israel over these forces, he said.
The US..Read more