MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Iran is trying to build a nuclear bomb, posing a threat to its neighbors, and the United States is “very ready” to counter Iran should it make a move, the top U.S. military officer said Saturday. (more)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean troops pushed ahead with naval firing drills Monday, a day after North Korea warned the exercises would aggravate tensions between the rivals following the North’s deadly shelling of a front-line South Korean island. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military bases across the U.S. have banned the sale of a new video game that lets a player pretend to be a Taliban fighter and “shoot” U.S. troops in Afghanistan. (more)
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AP) — A string of setbacks for al-Qaida’s affiliate in Iraq has left the insurgent group “devastated” and struggling to cope with a double whammy of a leadership vacuum and a money squeeze, the top U.S. military officer said Sunday. (more)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was released from prison on Monday after completing his sentence for crimes committed in Turkey, television stations reported. (more)
MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, N.J. (AP) — Three military cargo planes have flown more than 240 Americans from earthquake-ravaged Haiti to a New Jersey military base. (more)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — Soldiers and their families on Army bases around the country could see cutbacks in trash pickup, lawn-mowing and other services as the military tries to hold down non-war spending while escalating the fight in Afghanistan. (more)
HONOLULU (AP) — The Navy is basing the USS North Carolina at Pearl Harbor. (more)
