Military

The former soldiers were accused of "gathering crowds to disturb social order" and "intentional assault" amid violent confrontations with security forces last year.

In the 1960s and 70s, the U.S. and U.K. forcibly expelled the population of Diego Garcia, an island now used as a military base thousands of miles off the coasts of Africa and Asia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave updates on "modern powerful precision weapons that are determining and will determine in the future the image of Russia's armed forces."

Behind the outpouring of jubilation and relief, the scene seems set for a possible standoff between the military and protesters.

The military can't act "like they would normally act" at the border, President Donald Trump said.

The presence of Russian, Chinese and Iranian planes in Venezuela has outraged the U.S at a time when it was looking to unseat the socialist-led Latin American country's leader.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said only a day ago that "the United States has its responses being prepared" to the 100 Russian military personnel who arrived late last month in Venezuela.

Syria and Venezuela said they faced the same enemy, as Russia supports them in the face of U.S.-led regime-change efforts.

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Russia's top diplomat felt it was "insolent" for the U.S. to warn only Western countries could be involved in the West when the Pentagon maintained more bases abroad than all other countries combined.

Turkey said its purchase of the S-400 defense system was "a done deal" as China and India also signed purchase agreements. Saudi Arabia and Qatar were among those looking to buy it as well.

President Trump has long said that the U.S. is carrying too much of the burden when it comes to paying for the defense of NATO members.

A new poll finds that 49 percent said the U.S. "should pay less attention to problems overseas," while 44 percent said it was "best for the future of our country to be active in world affairs."

Russia said "it would be nice to know" what U.S. military advisers were doing in Colombia and why President Donald Trump wants Venezuela's other neighbor, Brazil, to join NATO.

"Why would that message replace the recognized symbol of national commitment to stand with, behind, those who serve our country?"

The U.S. military, as capable and professional as it is, is but one tool in America's extensive foreign policy toolkit.  

It "wouldn't have worked by the way because it only blows sometimes and lots of problems come about," President Donald Trump said about wind power.

Russia and China will host their annual Joint Sea exercises next month, as the U.S. intensifies its attempts to push back the countries' growing naval power.

The head of U.S. Forces Korea said North Korea's "activity that we've observed is inconsistent with denuclearization."

The U.S. envoy to Syria said that "any government has the sovereign right to determine whether it wants foreign troops on its territory," but history repeatedly shows otherwise.

NATO launched its first-ever attack on a sovereign state two decades ago, paving the way for uncontested 21st century U.S. military action in the Middle East.

The U.S. may seek to fight fire with fire when it comes to Russia's and China's hypersonic weapons.

The operation that resulted in the two deaths is under investigation, the NATO Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan said.

The U.S. has so far rejected joint Russian-Chinese initiatives on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space treaty.

The defense committee chief of one chamber of Russia's parliament said that Tu-22M3s were sent to Crimea, while another denied it.

"I believe in an inclusive foreign policy—one that centers on human rights, justice and peace as the pillars of America's engagement in the world, one that brings our troops home and truly makes military action a last resort," Representative Ilhan Omar wrote.

The president's emergency declaration will take money from pending military construction projects to use for building new Mexican border wall, but which projects will be impacted?

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo estimated there may be up to $2.5 trillion worth of oil and gas in the South China Sea, but the number could be much greater, attracting U.S. attention.

Russia Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that "the Russian army is fully equipped with modern weapons."

Moscow and Damascus blame Washington for "the suffering of Syrian citizens forcibly held in the Rukban refugee camp by U.S.-controlled armed groups."