North Korea Vows Response as it Accuses the South of Flying Drones Across the Border “We strongly denounce the hooligans’ serial outrageous encroachment upon our sovereignty and undisguised provocative acts...
US Allies Offer Muted Response After Trump’s Raid in Venezuela America’s allies offered a measured response after U.S. troops captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in a raid, a move...
Taiwan’s President Pledges to Defend Island’s Sovereignty After Chinese Military Drills China recently wrapped up live-fire drills around Taiwan featuring rocket launches, aircraft and warships.
China Announces It 'Successfully Completed' Taiwan Military Maneuvers China's People's Liberation Army said that it “successfully completed” two days of military exercises in the waters off...
China Flexes Blockade Capabilities near Taiwan on Second Day of Military Drills China’s People’s Liberation Army is staging a second day of large-scale military drills around Taiwan.
China Stages Military Drills Around Taiwan to Warn 'External Forces' After US, Japan Tensions The Chinese military says it dispatched air, navy and rocket troops to conduct joint live-fire drills around Taiwan to warn...
Myanmar Holds First Election Since Military Seized Power But Critics Say the Vote is a Sham It's widely expected that Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who has governed Myanmar since an army takeover in 2021, will assume...
Thailand and Cambodia Sign a New Ceasefire Agreement to End Border Fighting U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed the ceasefire announcement and urged Cambodia and Thailand to fully honor it and...
North Korea Displays Apparent Progress in Construction of Nuclear-Powered Submarine Kim visited a shipyard to inspect the construction of what the North describes as an 8,700-ton-class nuclear-propelled...
Taiwan Puts $40 Billion Toward Building a Defense Dome and Buying US Weapons Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te announced a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases, including to build a Taiwan Dome...
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
![](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-01/world-news-usvenezuela-allies-filepic-get.jpg?itok=PirGj28d "President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro speaks during a military ceremony commemorating the 200th anniversary of the presentation of the "Sword of Peru" to Venezuelan independence hero Simón Bolívar on Nov. 25, 2025, in Caracas, Venezuela. (Jesus Vargas/Getty Images/TNS)")
![Kim Jong Un inspects a nuclear-powered submarine.](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-12/ApNewsroom_North_Korea_Koreas_Tensions_12714.jpg?itok=2aYIx4-R "In this undated photo provided Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un inspects a nuclear-powered submarine under construction at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)")
