Pentagon

Trump's Pentagon says it will 'rotate' out some media from offices

Each year going forward, one outlet from print, online, television and radio will rotate out of the Pentagon
1 February 2025, 06:11 AM

Trump's team drawing up list of Pentagon officers to fire

The planning for the firings is at an early stage after Trump's Nov. 5 election victory and could change as Trump's administration takes shape
14 November 2024, 01:15 AM

Pentagon to send troops to bolster Saudi defenses after attack

US President Donald Trump approves sending American troops to bolster Saudi Arabia’s air and missile defenses after the largest-ever attack on the kingdom’s oil facilities, which Washington has squarely blamed on Iran.
21 September 2019, 04:25 AM

Trump drops US spy chief pick Ratcliffe and mulls a replacement

President Donald Trump drops his choice of John Ratcliffe to be US spy chief after questions arose about the congressman's lack of experience and possible exaggerations in his resume, marking the latest upheaval over a top national security post.
3 August 2019, 06:33 AM

White House asked for options to strike Iran: Source

The White House’s national security team last fall asked the Pentagon to provide it with options for striking Iran after a group of militants aligned with Tehran fired mortars into an area in Baghdad that is home to the US Embassy, a source familiar with the matter says.
14 January 2019, 11:12 AM

Pentagon’s secret UFO hunting programme

At last the Pentagon has acknowledged funding a secret multi-million-dollar programme to investigate sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO).
19 December 2017, 06:58 AM

US makes major Guantanamo transfer to UAE

Fifteen Guantanamo Bay detainees are transferred to the United Arab Emirates, the largest such release in years, the Pentagon announces.
16 August 2016, 15:13 PM

Teen hacks Pentagon websites, gets thanked for finding 'bugs'

High school student David Dworken spends 10 to 15 hours between classes on his laptop, hacking US Defense Department websites, and gets praised for finding vulnerabilities.
18 June 2016, 14:59 PM

China jet ‘intercepts’ US spy plane

Two Chinese fighters have carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a US military aircraft over the South China Sea, the Pentagon says.
19 May 2016, 05:48 AM

IS leader in Iraq's Anbar killed: Pentagon

A key leader of so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq's Anbar province has been killed in a coalition air strike, the Pentagon says.
10 May 2016, 05:32 AM

Afghan clinic bombing ‘not a war crime’

A US air strike that destroyed a medical charity's clinic in northern Afghanistan, killing 42 people, was not a war crime, the Pentagon has said.
30 April 2016, 04:51 AM

Pentagon invites hackers to attack its websites

The US Department of Defense invites vetted hackers to test its cybersecurity under a pilot program that is the first of its kind in the federal government.
3 March 2016, 04:34 AM

Pentagon boosts cyber war against IS group

The Pentagon is expanding its cyber war against Islamic State computer networks, senior defense officials say as they claimed to have seized the momentum in the 18-month-old fight against the jihadists.
1 March 2016, 09:16 AM

US military abuse scandal: Pentagon releases 198 prisoner photos

The Pentagon releases nearly 200 photographs linked to allegations of abuse by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan over a decade ago.
6 February 2016, 11:13 AM

Trump’s remark endangers ‘US security’

Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric undermines US national security by boosting the Islamic State (IS) group, the Pentagon warns.
9 December 2015, 04:50 AM

US airstrike targets ‘Jihadi John’

US forces have carried out an air strike targeting the Islamic State group militant "Jihadi John", the Pentagon has said.
13 November 2015, 08:45 AM

Russia and US to resume Syria air safety talks

Russia is to hold more talks with the US on air safety during the two countries’ Syrian bombing campaigns, says the Pentagon.
10 October 2015, 04:27 AM

Iraq 'retakes 25% of Islamic State territory'

Islamic State (IS) has lost more than a quarter of its territory in Iraq since US-led coalition air strikes began in August, the Pentagon has said.
14 April 2015, 10:44 AM

'US drone kills al-Shabab leader in Somalia'

US defence department confirms that it has killed al-Shabab leader Adan Garar
19 March 2015, 04:19 AM