US military delegation visits Turkish General Staff

The CENTCOM and EUCOM meeting comes days after Turkish and US military forces began jointly patrolling in northern Syria as part of a plan to establish a safe zone along the Syrian border.

Military personnel detained in Turkey over coup attempt

Air Force adviser, Lt. Col. Erkan Kivrak is the latest arrest linked to Turkey's failed coup attempt.

Retired Indian general urges caution against Pakistan strike

Former Indian army commander, Lt Gen DS Hooda says India may launch "some kind of limited strike [against Pakistan], but calls for settling "issues once for all," after at least 44 Indian paramilitary troops were killed in Kashmir suicide attack.

US says more troops injured in Iran missile strikes

Out of 50 US service members diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries, 31 were treated in Iraq and returned to duty, says Pentagon official

Turkish museum takes in 1894 grave of Russian soldier

The grave of a 19th century Russian soldier, Lt. Col. Karl Karlovich, was transferred to a Turkish museum in the northeastern city of Ardahan.

French hero officer who swapped himself for hostage dies

Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame has been honored as a national hero of "exceptional courage and selflessness" after he succumbed to injuries sustained in a supermarket hostage drama.

Abrams rebuts Trump: 'We do not succeed alone'

Georgia Democrat, Stacey Abrams, becomes the first black woman to deliver a State of the Union response.

Are the US and Saudi Arabia hiding evidence of war crimes in Yemen?

The ongoing war in Yemen has led to thousands of innocent civilians dying. The irony is that the people investigating the crimes, are the same people doing the bombing.

Iraqi army says Daesh families have joined Mosul fight

Senior Iraqi army officer Lt Gen Sami al Aridi says female Daesh fighters have joined the battle while children are being used as human shields in the fight for Daesh's last bastion in Mosul.

Myanmar court sentences two to death over lawyer's murder

Court hands out death sentence to gunman and an accomplice involved in planning the killing while two other men involved in the crime received prison sentences. A fifth suspect thought to be the crime's mastermind remains at large.

Tasked with resolving the Gulf dispute, why did Anthony Zinni resign?

A retired four star marine general who served in the Middle East and criticised the Iraq war, Zinni gave up on brokering peace between the estranged gulf allies.

One of Russia's richest women dies in plane crash in Germany

Fileva, 55, was aboard a single-engine, six-seat Epic LT aircraft that crashed and burned in a field as it approached the small airport at Egelsbach, a town in southwestern Germany, at about 3:30 pm (1330 GMT), the airline said in an email.