China warns of countermeasures if U.S. puts missiles on its ‘doorstep’

By Reuters,

China threatened countermeasures on Tuesday if the United States deploys intermediate-range, ground-based missiles in Asia and warned U.S. allies of r...

china , Missiles , United States

China says will freeze out U.S. companies that sell arms to Taiwan

By Reuters,

China’s government and Chinese companies will cut business ties with U.S. firms selling arms to Taiwan, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday, d...

china , Foreign Ministry , President Tsai Ing-wen , Taiwan , U.S. State Department

U.S. takes up Ksh.440B case over Kenya, Tanzania embassy bombings

By Reuters,

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a bid to reinstate $4.3 billion (Ksh.440billion) in punitive damages against Sudan in a lawsuit accusing it ...

AL QAEDA , Al Shabaab , American embassy bombing

What shooting down an Ksh.11 billion US drone tells us about Iran

By CNN,

Once the dust cleared, it turned out that one of the enduring lessons from the past week occurred at about 22,000 feet. The Iranian downing of an ...

cost , Iran , US drone

Trump says new sanctions on Iran to start Monday, dials back rhetoric

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would impose fresh sanctions on Iran but that he wanted to make a deal to bolster its flagging economy...

angela merkel , Donald Trump , Iran , Mike Pompeo , sanctions , United States

U.S retaliated against Iranian spy group’s cyberstrike

By CNN,

US Cyber Command launched a retaliatory cyberstrike last week against an Iranian spy group, according to a US official and a former US intelligence of...

Cyberstrike , Iran , President Donald Trump , U.S Cyber Command

Trump says he aborted retaliatory strike to spare Iranian lives

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran’s downing of an unmanned U.S. drone because it could h...

Donald Trump aborted a military strike , unmanned U.S. drone

Judge blocks some funds Trump sought for U.S.-Mexico border wall

By Reuters,

The Trump administration must temporarily halt the use of some Defense Department funds for a border wall with Mexico, a judge ruled on Friday, becaus...

Haywood Gilliam Jr , House of Representatives , President Donald Trump , U.S.-Mexico border

Al Shabaab changes tactics, uses home-made explosives

By Reuters,

A United Nations report on Saturday, 18 has revealed that Somali Islamist insurgents are making their own explosives to mount more frequent and deadly...

Al Shabaab , Attacks , bombings. u.n , explosives tactics , home-made , Somali

Pompeo visits Iraq amid reports of Iranian missile threat

By VOA,

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made an unscheduled visit to Iraq, amid growing tensions with Iran after intelligence reports indicated that I...

US Names New Commander in Europe Amid NATO Tensions

By VOA,

The United States is installing new military leadership in Europe at a moment of heightened worries about Russian aggression, doubts about the future ...

“It will go down to the wire,” says Medo of relegation dog-fight

By Julius Jumah,

With 26 rounds of the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) matches played, and 10 games left to the end of the season, the fight for survival is seemingly taki...

Melis Medo , Mt Kenya United coach , relegation dog fight

Two U.S. Navy warships sail through strategic Taiwan Strait

By Reuters,

The U.S. military said it sent two Navy warships through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday as the Pentagon increases the frequency of movement through the s...

Taiwan , Warship

North Korea urges Trump to drop Pompeo from talks; U.S. plays down weapons test

By Reuters,

North Korea said on Thursday it no longer wanted to deal with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and that he should be replaced in talks by someone m...

Prison repairs underway to hold thousands of IS fighters

By VOA,

U.S.-backed forces in Syria holding thousands of Islamic State fighters following the collapse of the terror group's caliphate are starting to get hel...

IS

Prison repairs underway to hold thousands of IS fighters

By VOA,

U.S.-backed forces in Syria holding thousands of Islamic State fighters following the collapse of the terror group's caliphate are starting to get hel...

IS

Pentagon sounds alarm US losing ccompetitive edge in space

By VOA,

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan has sounded the alarm that the U.S. military "is not moving fast enough to stay ahead" of rivals China and ...

US

U.S. to designate elite Iranian force as terrorist organization

By Reuters,

The United States is expected to designate Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps a foreign terrorist organization, three U.S. officials told Reute...

Mike Pompeo , Revolutionary Guards Corps , U.S , White House

Amid Russia tensions, producing F-35 fighter jets without Turkey possible: U.S. sources

By Reuters,

Excluding NATO-member Turkey from the trillion-dollar F-35 fighter jet program would be challenging due to Ankara’s integral role in the stealthy je...

NATO , russia

India conducts successful anti-satellite missile operation, Prime Minister says

By CNN,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India has successfully conducted an anti-satellite missile test that put the country in a league of global "space po...

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi , india satellite missile operation