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France hands over last military base in Chad

Jan. 30, 2025 11:19 AM EST

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris. Chad has been a key counterterrorism force in the region...

Israeli military says seven hostages have been transferred by Red Cross to Israeli forces inside Gaza

Jan. 30, 2025 06:59 AM EST
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military says seven hostages have been transferred by Red Cross to Israeli forces inside Gaza.

Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I'll return missiles to US

Jan. 30, 2025 06:29 AM EST

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered on Friday to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its “aggressive and coercive behavior” in the disputed South China Sea. The U.S. Army installed the Typhon...

Israeli military says it has received a freed hostage after Hamas hands captive female soldier to Red Cross

Jan. 30, 2025 03:42 AM EST
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military says it has received a freed hostage after Hamas hands captive female soldier to Red Cross.

2 Pakistani soldiers and 6 militants are killed in a raid in the northwest, the military says

Jan. 30, 2025 03:18 AM EST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces raided a militant hideout in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the restive northwest, triggering an intense shootout in which two soldiers and six militants were killed, the military said Thursday. The raid was...

The Latest: Trump wants to send immigrants who are in the US illegally to Guantanamo Bay

Jan. 29, 2025 18:09 PM EST

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 immigrants who are living illegally in the United States. People who are in the United States illegally and are accused of theft and violent crimes would have to be...

Defense secretary pulls Trump critic Gen. Milley's security clearance and protective detail

Jan. 29, 2025 17:58 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pulling security protections and clearance for Gen. Mark Milley, retired Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, and has ordered the Pentagon's inspector general to review Milley's actions while serving as the nation's top uniformed officer to determine...

Pentagon agency pauses celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and more

Jan. 29, 2025 17:51 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department's intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural or historical annual events in response to President Donald Trump’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs...

Trump is looking to boot transgender troops from the military. Here's why that's complicated

Jan. 29, 2025 15:51 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has launched his second bid to oust all transgender troops from the military, and once again it will be headed to the courts to sort it out. Although the new order will affect only a tiny fraction of America's 2.1 million service members, it...

Western officials warn Ukraine over weapons procurement dispute

Jan. 29, 2025 05:40 AM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Western officials have warned Ukraine that an escalating rift between the defense minister and procurement chief may jeopardize trust in the country and urged the government to resolve the situation quickly so as not to disrupt weapons supplies. The conflict...