Sierra Leone court sentences soldiers to long jail terms for failed coup
FREETOWN: A military court in Sierra Leone has sentenced 24 soldiers to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a failed attempt to overthrow the government of President Julius Maada Bio last November. The sentences were read out in court…
New Zealand to deploy more soldiers to UN mission in South Korea
New Zealand defence minister Judith Collins (Reuters photo) SYDNEY: New Zealand said on Tuesday it would send 41 more military personnel to the United Nations mission along the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone between North and South Korea, as it looks…
Biden to visit American cemetery in France that Trump skipped
PARIS: US President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will conclude their trip to France on Sunday with a stop at an American cemetery that former president Donald Trump declined to visit in 2018, drawing widespread criticism. The Bidens…
Terror attack on Pak army post kills seven soldiers near Afghan border
ISLAMABAD: At least seven Pakistan army soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel and captain, were killed on Saturday in a terrorist attack on a military post in volatile North Waziristan tribal district, bordering Afghanistan in the northwest.According to Inter-Services Public Relations…
‘It’s a way of life’: Women make their mark in the Ukrainian army
On the front line just outside Bakhmut, Ukraine, a 32-year-old commander of a Ukrainian artillery platoon rocked to and fro in the passenger seat of a beat-up Lada, as another soldier navigated the car through a thick forest, sometimes mowing…