The U.S. Ambassador to Japan stressed Friday the importance of increased deterrence and his country’s commitment to the alliance with its key ally as he visited two southwestern Japanese islands at the forefront of Tokyo’s tension with Beijing.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukraine’s allies to deliver every weapon Kyiv needs to repel Moscow’s troops — with permission to use the systems on targets inside Russian territory.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a visit to China that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region aims to create a buffer zone but that there are no plans to capture the city.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to use AI-assisted weapon detectors at several unidentified agency medical centers to scan patients, visitors and staff without having them stop, empty their pockets and pass through metal detectors, a House lawmaker revealed Thursday.

Scottie Scheffler was in handcuffs before dawn in the back of a police car. His warmup routine began in a jail cell. And some six hours later, Scheffler remarkably signed for a 5-under 66 and was right in the mix Friday at the PGA Championship.

Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a two-day visit to China on Friday, emphasizing the countries’ burgeoning strategic ties as well as his own personal relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they sought to present an alternative to U.S. global influence.

Airmen who were around in the summer of 2021, when Ramstein supported more than 30,000 Afghan evacuees, may recognize a familiar face in Brig. Gen. Adrienne Williams, the 86th Airlift Wing’s new commander, who served at the forefront of the largest noncombat airlift in history.

The Navy is on track to homeport four Independence-class littoral combat ships in Bahrain next year as part of a new mine countermeasures force in the Middle East, service officials said.

Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy fighting hindered the delivery of food and other supplies.

Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues joined Roger Fortson’s family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch on Friday to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff’s deputy.

A crash that resulted in the total loss of a $30 million fighter jet last year was caused by a power loss and adverse weather conditions, according to an Air Force reported released Friday.

A 22-year-old soldier stationed at Camp Humphreys was found unresponsive in his barracks Wednesday and later pronounced dead, according to the 2nd Infantry Division.

The Russian military lacks enough troops for a major breakthrough in Ukraine despite recent battlefield gains, the top U.S. military commander in Europe said this week.

North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan, or East Sea, on Friday afternoon, according to the South’s military.

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again denied that her country has exported any weapons to Russia, as she labeled outside speculation on North Korea-Russian arms dealings as “the most absurd paradox.”

Fast-moving thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas on Thursday for the second time this month, killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings, downing trees and knocking out power to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area.

The city of Itoman on Okinawa is working to create a virtual tour of Todoraki Cave, a deteriorating landmark that provided shelter to refugees and others in the final days of World War II. Ikemiya Shokai Co. Ltd, a printing and scanning company, is developing the 3D tour ahead of next year’s 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa.

The Army remains on track to deliver a “composite” missile-defense battalion that will become part of an integrated defense system for Guam, the commander of 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command said Wednesday.

Nagisa Bashi Cafe provides the perfect pit stop for beachgoers seeking sustenance and relaxation before a day at Zushi Beach on Sagami Bay, west of Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.