Defense

"We urge [the U.S.] to discard the obsolete Cold War zero-sum mentality and ideological bias," Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said.

"It is wrong to force our daughters, mothers, wives, and sisters to fight our wars," Republican Missouri Senator Josh Hawley said.

"It's Trayvon Martin 2.0," Crump said, describing the defense's efforts to characterize Arbery as a "scary, Black man" in their closing arguments.

Following the verdict acquitting Rittenhouse, Mark Richards called parts of Binger's closing arguments "garbage."

"This is what a public lynching looks like in the 21st century," attorney Kevin Gough told the court as he filed a motion for mistrial.

"I think it's a fair bet to say we're either going to have a verdict this morning or they're going to claim they're hung," attorney John Birdsall said.

"Other people in this community have been shot seven times and it was found to be ok," defense attorney Mark Richards said. "My client shot someone four times."

Crump's remarks come in response to the defense's controversial comment that "we don't want any more Black pastors coming in [to the court]."

Attorney Kevin Gough has received national blowback for asking the court to limit the number of Black pastors that were allowed to attend the case in Gerogia.

From reserve numbers to fighter jets, Taiwan is playing catch-up in a military buildup race it will never win.

Rittenhouse's mother, who was sitting in the courtroom, was seen crying while watching her son.

A witness called by the defense gave testimony that corroborated Gaige Grosskreutz's account instead of refuting it, as Kyle Rittenhouse's lawyers had hoped.

This is the second time the defense team has failed to get the misdemeanor gun possession charge dropped. Rittenhouse also faces several felony charges.

Many expect the Biden administration will soon announce a radical policy regarding the use of nuclear weapons.

"If we want to avoid the worst, that is war, we have to act according to the old rule: 'If you want peace, prepare for war,'" Jaroslaw Kaczynski said.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said U.S. forces will be able to train and operate "in an expanded capacity" at the additional bases.

Bryan Riley is facing 22 charges, including murder, arson, kidnapping, burglary and animal cruelty for the September 5 incident.

"The former Chinese ambassador came to me and said, 'Please do not touch the MDT, leave it as it is,'" Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said.

State news agency Tass has reported that 10 successful launches of the hypersonic missile took place in July and further tests are planned for November.

"It leaves an unpleasant taste of being disdained and sidelined," said Pierre Vimont, a former French ambassador to the United States.

Witnesses for the defense included a handful of Kelly's former employees and associates, most of whom testified they had never seen him abuse anyone.

The R&B singer has denied all charges of sexual assault, and claimed the women accusing him were former groupies who wanted to take advantage of his fame.

GM Defense, a specialized division of General Motors, will create heavy-duty Chevrolet Suburbans for U.S. government agencies.

Almaz-Antey's general designer, Pavel Sozinov, shot down any assumptions that faster meant better, saying U.S. "super missiles" posed no threat.

An index of military strength measures military power based on 50 individual factors, including weaponry, manpower and financial stability.

Just as American citizens deserve transparency and honesty, so do the people of Afghanistan.

China's foreign vice minister, Le Yucheng, said the U.S. continued to represent the strongest, most powerful nation in the world, but that the country was suffering from an idealogical perspective.

Russia's Defense Ministry said it fired warning shots at HMS Defender off the coast of Crimea, which the U.K. has denied.

Though politicians are quick to speak on behalf of members of the U.S. military to justify their warmaking, the evidence shows that support for withdrawal is actually higher among veterans than in the general public.

Jensen's lawyer, Christopher M. Davis, claims that "Doug Jensen became a victim of numerous conspiracy theories that were being fed to him over the internet by a number of very clever people, who were uniquely equipped with slight, if any, moral or social consciousness."