A major Islamic State (IS) loss on the battlefield earlier this week in Kobani, Syria underscores the terrorist force's limits, but the group remains a tough adversary for the U.S. and its allies, U.S. experts said.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday announced resignation of Chuck Hagel as the country's defense secretary, making the first change to his cabinet after the Democrats' heavy losses in both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections early this month.
U.S. President Barack Obama has asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to step down, making the first change to his cabinet after the Democrats' heavy loss in the midterm elections early this month, The New York Times reported Monday.
A spate of recent terror attacks in the United States and Canada underscore the danger of so-called "lone wolf" terror attack
President Barack Obama on Thursday authorized the United States Department of Defense to call up armed forces to active duty to help combat the spread of Ebola in West Africa.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday called Saudi King Abdullah about his plan to fight the Islamic militants, just a few hours before he addresses the American public and the world on the Islamic State threat.
U.S. President Barack Obama announced this week extra military personnel would be sent to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities after Islamic State terrorists overran vast areas in north Iraq. The move is unlikely a pre-curser to resending massive combat troops, but air raids may be intensified.
U.S. air power helped Kurdish fighters retake a major Iraqi dam from terrorists over the weekend, but the Islamic radicals are still a formidable force in the embattled nation, and the United States may well stay in the fight for the foreseeable future, experts say.
Washington is considering airstrikes to quell Islamic extremists rolling through northern Iraq, but the situation is fraught with both political and military pitfalls, and there are no clear answers on the best path forward for the United States.
The White House said on Tuesday that it has launched a probe into how the name of the Central Intelligence Agency's top officer in Afghanistan was inadvertently revealed during President Barack Obama's weekend trip to the Asian country.
The United States and the European Union on Tuesday agreed on more sanctions on Russia in response to what they called its "destabilization" moves in eastern Ukraine.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday nominated a new department secretary to lead the federal health reform programs, accepting resignation of his Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
The Australian government will develop a Defence White Paper to be published next year which will underpin a costed, affordable plan to achieve Australia's defence and national security objectives, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on Friday.
Japan will hand over "hundreds of kilograms of sensitive nuclear material" to the United States for destruction as part of the efforts to "help prevent unauthorized actors, criminals, or terrorists from acquiring such materials," the White House said Monday.
U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on March 17, the White House said Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday voiced support for new Italian leader's economic agenda and expressed hope for continued cooperation on areas of common interest.
U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Thursday to coordinate with the European Union (EU) in their response to ongoing violence in Ukraine.
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