US military

US Marine indicted over robbery, murder of woman in Okinawa

US Marine Devin Ballard was charged over suffocating the woman with a phone cord at a hotel and taking her backpack that contained a wallet.

Iran has ramped up efforts to target US personnel, intelligence memo warns

Members of Iran’s militia forces (Basij) taking part in a military march in Tehran, Iran, in September 2026.

Pentagon eyes biggest-ever F-35 deal with plans to buy at least 850 more jets

The cost of the F-35 programme is already the most expensive in US history.

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DMZ dispute exposes deeper fault lines in US-South Korea alliance

South Korean soldiers patrolling on the south side of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on Oct 20.

Two men re-arrested for suspected spying for Iran in airbase scare: UK police

A 24-year-old British citizen and a 25-year-old UK-Iranian dual national, both from London, have been arrested “on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service” over September’s incident at Fairford airbase in south-west England.

Japan deploys long-range missiles for joint US military drill

The drill is one of the largest between Japan and the US, with around 45,000 Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel and 12,000 US troops.

Carrier strike group deploys with uncrewed ship in US Navy first

The uncrewed vessel was a Leidos Inc Seahawk, a 145-ton, 137-foot-long surface vessel designed to operate over extended distances for months.

What is Starshield, SpaceX’s military version of Starlink?

A file photo of a Ukrainian serviceman preparing a Starlink satellite internet system at his positions at a front line in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, on Feb 20, 2024.

Japan, US review troops’ off-duty rules after Okinawa killing

Demonstrators hold placards during a protest outside Foreign Ministry building on Oct 8 following the killing of a Japanese woman in Okinawa, for which a US Marine is a suspect.

Houthi official warns of ‘swift, painful response’ if US enters Yemen war

The moment the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was hit by a Houthi strike on Oct 10, captured in a screengrab taken from CCTV footage.

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