US brass bitter as chaos reigns in Kabul
Washington—The mood was somber Monday in the corridors of the Pentagon, where US military personnel watched helplessly as chaos erupted ...
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US panel wants India on religious freedom blacklist
A US government panel on Tuesday called for India to be put on a religious freedom blacklist over a "drastic" ...
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Duterte gives Dela Rosa go-signal on PH-US arms deal
PNP Chief Ronald Dela Rosa says, President Rodrigo Duterte has given him the permission to go on with the purchase ...
Read morePNP: U.S. halted weapons sale won’t affect anti-drug ops
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa says, the halted sale of some 26,000 assault rifles by ...
Read more‘No stopping Pyongyang’
WASHINGTON"•Convincing North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons is a “lost cause,” America’s top intelligence official said Tuesday, causing concern in ...
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