Military

Top US military commander says air raids will continue to assist Afghan forces amid sweeping Taliban offensive.

Turkish defence ministry says two soldiers killed, two injured in an attack on an armoured vehicle in northern Syria.

Anti-military chants heard from inside colonial-era prison, which is used to hold opponents of the February coup.

Homs province adjoins Lebanon, where Iranian-backed Lebanese Shia Hezbollah group holds sway along the rugged border.

Heavily pregnant women displaced by fighting risk their lives to give birth after being forced to flee their homes.

Taliban fighters have encircled 17 provincial capitals, outcome of Afghanistan peace talks uncertain, Mark Milley says.

Plans for high-profile visit by UK carrier strike group come as London deepens security ties with Tokyo amid tensions.

Surge at China border comes as UN warns that Myanmar could be at risk of becoming a ‘super-spreader state’.

Israeli air attacks reportedly targeted Iranian Revolutionary Guard bases and weapons plant in al-Safira area of Aleppo.

A light attack aircraft crashes in Zamfara state after intense fire from so-called bandits.

First group of Afghan evacuees to be housed at Fort Lee while other groups may go to foreign bases and other countries.

Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile hit ground target more than 350 kilometres away, Russian defence ministry says.

UN agency says children exposed to indiscriminate violence, random shootings and arbitrary arrests by the military.

Joint Chiefs chairman compared Trump to Hitler and warned of a ‘Reichstag moment’, according to a new book.