TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran has charged a French tourist with spying and “spreading propaganda against the system,” his lawyer said Monday, the latest in a series of cases against foreigners at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and the West. Benjamin Berier was arrested some 10 months ago … View original article
TOKYO (AP) – Concerns about China’s growing influence in the region is expected to be a main focus when two ministers of President Joe Biden’s administration visits Japan for their first in-person talks with their Japanese counterparts. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are on … View original article
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 15, 2021. View original article
Military housing may have been taken over by private management companies, but any commander looking forward to that next plum assignment had better make it a priority to see that service members and their families are living in safe and secure homes. That’s the message from lawmakers as the Pentagon … View original article
KABUL, Afghanistan — Fighting in Afghanistan will intensify sharply and Taliban militants could threaten major cities unless a Biden administration diplomatic push to end the 20-year conflict yields results in the next two months, according to two senior U.S. commanders. The tight time frame is driven by a May 1 deadline to withdraw the remaining …
