US military

US says five dead in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat

US Southern Command said on X on Oct 27 that the military had carried out a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Flight data, satellite images reveal growing US role at Ecuador air base

A satellite image captured by Planet Labs on Oct 10 shows two aircraft on the tarmac whose dimensions and shape are consistent with V-22 Ospreys, at the Ecuadorean military air base of Taura, near Guayaquil, Ecuador.

US military boards are defying orders and letting trans troops serve

The Trump administration claims that trans troops are a costly burden on military effectiveness – a position that military findings contradict.

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.

News analysis

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.

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