U.S. Defense & Military Politics - Page 406

June 4, 2024

South Korea approves suspension of military deal with North Korea after tensions over trash balloons

South Korea has taken steps to suspend a controversial military agreement with North Korea and resume frontline military activities, according to officials.

June 4, 2024

US Defense Secretary Austin meets Cambodia's top officials in pursuit of stronger ties with China's ally

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to Cambodia to push for stronger military ties with China’s closest ally in Southeast Asia after years of cooling relations.

June 4, 2024

More than a third of remaining Gaza hostages are believed to be dead, Israel says

More than a third of the remaining hostages kidnapped during the October 7 attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas are believed to be dead, according to Israel.

June 3, 2024

Grover Cleveland, Frances Folsom's wedding: The only U.S. president to marry inside the White House

Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, wed the young Frances Folsom June 2, 1886, in the White House.

June 3, 2024

Police hunt for suspects after war shrine is defaced with graffiti in Tokyo

In Tokyo, Japan, police are searching for suspects who spray-painted the word "toilet" on a stone pillar at Yasukuni Shrine, a site honoring Japan's war dead.

June 3, 2024

Zelenskyy accuses China and Russia of undermining peace summit during visit to Manila

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during a trip to Asia, accused China of aiding Russia in efforts to undermine a Swiss-organized global peace summit.

June 3, 2024

Pentagon's 'barbaric' drug testing on beagles raises hackles of pet-loving politicians

The White Coat Waste Project uncovered a Defense Department project that is spending nearly $1 million on experimental drug testing of a human pharmaceutical on canines, to Congress' dismay

June 2, 2024

Authorities are keeping in mind the ‘optics’ of putting Trump under house arrest: Lexie Rigden

Criminal defense attorney Lexie Rigden breaks down the likelihood that Trump’s sentencing would lead him to be held under house arrest and discusses Hunter Biden’s upcoming trial.

June 2, 2024

Trump: I am the ‘opposite’ of a threat to democracy

Former president Donald Trump speaks out about his guilty verdict in an exclusive interview with the ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ co-hosts.

June 1, 2024

Pentagon mistakenly touts Pride Month in PTSD awareness post

Social media users mocked the Department of Defense after the Pentagon accidentally using a Pride Month graphic in a post about PTSD Awareness Month. The tweet was later deleted.