The Pentagon announced on Friday it is establishing a new counter-narcotics joint task force overseeing operations in Latin America, a move aimed to strengthen already intensifying military operations that raised questions among legal experts.

Venezuela's government has requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council. The request, made Thursday, focuses on recent U.S. military actions in waters off Venezuela.

CENTCOM’s commander, Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, will “initially have 200 people on the ground” — though no American forces will go into Gaza, US officials told reporters on a White House-organized call. The American military role was described as coordinating troops provided by Egypt, Qatar and Turkey — and managing deconfliction with the Israelis.

The U.S. will host a new Qatar Emiri Air Force training facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, where Qatari pilots will fly F-15s. The move strengthens U.S.-Qatar defense ties and enhances joint military training and interoperability.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked a preliminary move to terminate President Donald Trump's use of the military to destroy boats carrying alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers, unless he gets authorization from Congress.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he directed a military strike on another vessel ferrying drugs from Venezuela, killing four, as the Trump administration presses ahead with a strategy to target narco-traffickers it calls unlawful combatants at war with the US.

A significant explosion occurred at a military explosives factory in Tennessee, causing extensive disruption and prompting emergency services to respond.

Netflix comedy drama Boots centres on a closeted teenager who enlists in the US Marine Corps. With humour and vibrancy, it shows what gay recruits in the armed forces have endured.

The Trump administration formally signaled its support for a bipartisan law that would empower troops to repair critical equipment.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the US will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, which will host Qatari F-15 fighter jets and pilots who will train alongside US troops.

Active-duty service members are on the verge of missing their next paycheck due to Senate Democrats voting to keep the government shuttered indefinitely. U.

Far-right activist Laura Loomer slammed President Donald Trump's administration on Friday over its deepening defense ties with Qatar and made false accusations that spread on social media that the Pentagon was giving it a military base on U.