Key Honolulu aquifer may also be at risk as residents say they face stomach pain and headachesCheri Burness’s dog was the first to signal something was wrong with their tap water. He stopped drinking it two weeks ago. Then Burness started feeling stoma…
Colin Powell, former US secretary of state, dies at 84 of Covid complications
Powell helped to build case for 2003 invasion of IraqGeorge W Bush pays tribute to ‘great public servant’ Colin Powell, the former US secretary of state who played a pivotal role in attempting to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has died from complic…
US navy engineer charged with trying to sell nuclear submarine secrets
Jonathan Toebbe and wife arrested in West Virginia after nuclear engineer makes ‘dead drop’ to undercover FBI agentA US navy nuclear engineer with access to military secrets has been charged with trying to pass information about the design of American …
US nuclear-powered submarine hits submerged object in South China Sea
Attack class submarine USS Connecticut hit an unknown object on routine operations and is in a ‘safe and stable’ condition, US navy saysA nuclear powered US navy attack submarine has struck an object while submerged in international waters in the South…
RAF intelligence base linked to US drone strike on Iranian general Qassem Soleimani
Research concludes it ‘was probable’ that Menwith Hill was used to assist in the controversial assassinationCampaigners have called on ministers to explain whether the secretive Menwith Hill intelligence base in Yorkshire is involved in recent drone st…
Blame-shifting over US withdrawal ignores deeper failings in Afghanistan
Analysis: Senators’ questions to military leadership a contest in sharing out responsibility for failuresThe deeply partisan US Congress is rarely a conducive place for national introspection and Tuesday’s Senate hearing on the Afghanistan withdrawal d…
US Afghanistan withdrawal a ‘logistical success but strategic failure’, Milley says
General and other military leaders in heated cross-examinationMilley defends loyalty to country and rejects suggestion to quitThe withdrawal from Afghanistan and the evacuation of Kabul was “a logistical success but a strategic failure,” the chairman o…
General defends himself over Trump and says his loyalty to nation is absolute
Mark Milley faces hostile Republicans at Senate hearing and says calls to Beijing were intended to ‘de-escalate’ tensionsMark Milley hearing – live updatesThe chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Mark Milley, has defended himself against charg…
Biden administration to reopen migrant detention camp near Guantánamo Bay prison
Immigration authorities seek bids for contractors to run migrant operations center on naval baseThe Biden administration is preparing to reopen a migrant detention camp on Guantánamo Bay in the wake of a surge of migrants and asylum seekers on the sout…
‘Donnez-moi un break’: Johnson deepens rift with France over defence deal
UK prime minister hits out after Paris reacted with fury to announcement of defence pactBoris Johnson has reopened the rift with Paris over the Aukus defence and security deal, urging the French to “prenez un grip about this and donnez-moi un break”, a…