Hours After US Troops Killed In Syria, Pence Says IS Has Been Defeated
The US Vice President said the Islamic State group has been defeated in Syria, after four Americans were killed in a bomb attack there.
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News NATO Downplays Suggestion Of US Exit From Afghanistan
The bloc is also evaluating its 28 nation peacekeeping force in Kosovo.
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USA US Military Personnel Killed In Syria Attack
It is the first instance of US casualties since President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw troops from the country.
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World China 'Leads The World' In Some Military Technology, Report Warns
The report highlights China's "considerable" investment into nuclear weapons, which would guarantee a "damaging retaliatory strike".
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USA Trump Threatens To 'Devastate' Turkish Economy If Kurdish Forces Are Attacked
The US has been working with the Kurdish YPG in the fight against so-called Islamic State.
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Aviation History Hercules Found In Channel Nearly 50 Years After Crash
In 1969, a Chief Mechanic from the US Air Force took a Hercules C-130 with the intent of flying home to his family.
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World US Confident Of Deal With Turkey To Protect Kurds
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was optimistic after speaking to the Turkish Foreign Minister.
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USA US Begins Withdrawing Troops From Syria
The spokesman for the coalition fighting IS said the US had started "the process of our deliberate withdrawal from Syria".
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USA Iran Confirms Detention Of US Navy Veteran
It's believed he is being held 60 miles east of the capital city of Tehran.
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World US Airstrike Kills Militant Accused Of USS Cole Attack
Seventeen sailors were killed in the year 2000 after a boat filled with explosives rammed into the US Navy warship.
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USA 'Provocation': US Navy Ship Criticised After Sailing Through South China Sea
It comes as the United States and China begin trade talks.
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USA Senior Trump Adviser Continues Syria Withdrawal Talks
President Trump previously announced all 2,000 US troops were to be withdrawn from the country.
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USA Pentagon Chief Of Staff Resigns
Rear Admiral Kevin Sweeney becomes third senior Pentagon official to resign in recent weeks.
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News 'Too Early' To Consider Exchange Of US Spy Suspect, Says Russian Official
The former US Marine, who is a dual US and British citizen, was detained a week ago.
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Afghanistan Will British Forces Stay In Afghanistan If US Troops Withdraw?
Dr Julian Lewis MP has said it is "fanciful" to believe British forces could stay in Afghanistan if the US leaves.
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Russia Foreign Secretary 'Extremely Worried' About Former US Marine
Jeremy Hunt said Paul Whelan was being given "every support that we can" after it emerged that he also has British nationality.