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Eligible men will no longer need to sign themselves up for the military draft registry -- the federal government is taking over that responsibility, though the change does not mean anyone is being called to serve.

The U.S. military draft pool for eligible men might transfer to automatic registration from the Selective Service System's self-registration process in December, following a congressional initiative to save money.

British officials said Thursday they foiled a plan by Moscow to survey vital undersea cable networks in the North Atlantic by forcing at least three Russian submarines to retreat and return to their bases.

A top Iranian official warned Thursday that violations of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire will have "explicit costs," as European leaders and others urged Israel to stop attacking Lebanon.

British officials on Thursday rejected the idea of Iran setting up a toll system for the Strait of Hormuz, arguing that commercial ships should be able to traverse the waterway freely and safely under international law.

Four government security agencies are warning that low-Earth orbit satellite communications, such as SpaceX's Starlink system, are vulnerable to hostile cyber hacking operations.

President Trump cautioned Iran late Wednesday night that the U.S. military is standing by with additional ammunition and weapons to take action against Iran if necessary until an authentic agreement is reached and complied with.

A federal judge put a halt Wednesday to Homeland Security's plan to shut down a deportation amnesty for nearly 5,000 Ethiopian migrants, chastising the government for being too harsh toward them.

An Army veteran has been charged with sharing classified information about an elite commando unit with a journalist, which one official said put the country, members of the U.S. military and the nation's allies at risk.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called the U.S.-Iran conflict on Wednesday "a war of choice" and questioned whether President Trump had achieved anything meaningful, even after the two sides agreed to a two-week ceasefire.