Army wants cavalry scouts and military police to move into other jobs as service looks to restructure its force

The Army is looking for soldiers who are cavalry scouts and military police to move into other positions as the service looks to meet its retention and restructuring goals for 2024.

Creating a ‘kill web’: Army brings other services, allies together to test new tech for a major fight

The experiment, known as Project Convergence, was the largest effort yet to pull the services together under a single command and control apparatus to choose the best weapon in the Pentagon’s arsenal to destroy a target quickly.

Quran-burning Iraqi man who faces an expulsion order from Sweden plans to seek asylum in Norway

An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has told a newspaper in the country that he would seek asylum in neighboring Norway in the wake of a deportation order by authorities in Stockholm.

Myanmar’s military makes its annual parade of strength despite unprecedented battlefield losses

Thousands of Myanmar military personnel have held their annual parade of strength even after a recent series of unprecedented battlefield defeats. The head of Myanmar’s ruling military council alleged in a speech that the nation’s youth are being tricked by propaganda into supporting the resistance against army rule.

Death toll in Moscow concert hall attack rises to 143, while 80 remain hospitalized

Russian authorities say that the death toll in last week’s Moscow concert hall attack has risen to 143. An affiliate of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the violence. But Russian officials have insisted that Ukraine and the West had a role. Ukraine vehemently denies anything to do with the attack.

Russia strikes Ukraine’s Kharkiv with aerial bombs for the first time since 2022

Ukrainian officials say Russia has struck the northeastern city of Kharkiv with aerial bombs for the first time since 2022, killing at least one civilian and wounding 16 others.

House Speaker Mike Johnson committed to advancing Ukraine aid; it will be a difficult task

House Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated he will attempt to push for approval of tens of billions in wartime funding for Ukraine, as well as Israel, once the House returns in April. It will be perhaps his most difficult task since he took the speaker’s gavel late last year.

US sanctions online site Gaza Now and its founder for allegedly supporting Hamas

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on an online media site called Gaza Now and its founder Mustafa Ayash. The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said that after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas against Israel the online entity began a fundraising effort in support of the militant organization.

Coast Guard Cutter Sea Dog damaged while returning from sea, safely moored in Florida

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sea Dog was damaged Monday while returning from sea to the St. Marys River on the border between Florida and Georgia, the service announced in a statement.

Paris exhibit shows how Olympics mirror society, from Nazi propaganda to fighting inequalities

An exhibit opening in France before this summer’s Paris Olympics shows how the games have been a “mirror of society” since the beginning of the 20th century. Historian Paul Dietschy, one of the curators, says “this exhibit tries to show ... this relationship between ideology, power and the Olympic Games.”