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U.S. military bases on Okinawa will be on lockdown for 48 hours starting Wednesday for what officials call an "operational pause" after a Marine was arrested in connection with the death of a local woman.

The U.S. military in Okinawa, Japan, is pausing all operations for two days, restricting the ability of troops to leave their base and ordering training after a Marine was arrested on suspicion of killing a local woman.

China has opened a foreign air force support center and is training pilots in Communist Laos -- the latest thrust south by Beijing's military, which is already training the armed forces of other Southeast Asian nations.

The White House clarified Donald Trump's comments at a Monday night rally, explaining that the president was not insinuating that he wanted Iran to attack U.S. cities but instead wants to prevent Tehran from having that capability.

British authorities apprehended a 22-year-old man in London in connection with the suspected terror attack on RAF Fairford last month, Counter Terrorism Policing announced Tuesday.

The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday released the identities of six people killed aboard an air ambulance traveling from Bermuda to Boston when it crashed Saturday off the coast of Nantucket.

The Germans came to Ukraine over the weekend with another infusion of much-needed cash for the Russian-battered country, but this trip wasn't just another charity-flavored aid drop-off.

President Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of former Army physician Nidal Hasan, who was convicted by a military jury for the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting that killed 13 people and injured 32 others.

FBI agents arrested a California realtor suspected of spying for China by illegally gathering personal information on a relative of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te and providing it to Beijing, the Justice Department announced Monday.

Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Yemeni officials said Monday, while the Houthis claimed attacks on Saudi oil facilities,