Filipino soldiers involved in a clash last week with Chinese coast guard have been awarded medals. Their vessels came under attack last week while delivering supplies in the disputed South China Sea. The award ceremony is unlikely to ease tensions with China in the contested region. Filipino soldiers who reportedly used their bare hands to […]
Recent drone footage shows a Russian soldier killing a wounded comrade in combat. Experts say the incident highlights violence and disregard among Russian forces. Similar past incidents suggest a deep-rooted issue with discipline and internal violence. Drone footage showing a Russian soldier shooting a comrade hurt in combat highlights the “brutal culture” of “callous” behavior […]
KEREM SHALOM, Israel—Just miles from the point where Israel meets Gaza and Egypt, the Arab descendants of nomadic tribes are defending their country. At the Kerem Shalom military base—the headquarters of the Israeli army’s desert trackers unit, also known as the “Bedouin Battalion”—these soldiers, most of them Muslims, feel a strong sense of national pride […]
The Israel Defense Forces strapped a wounded Palestinian man to a jeep during a raid. The IDF said the incident violated protocol and that it was under investigation. The UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories said it was “human shielding in action.” The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said some of its soldiers violated […]
KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Weeks after the decision allowing Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied weapons for limited strikes in Russian territory, the country is having some success in halting Russia’s new push along the northeast front, but military commanders are clamoring for restrictions on long-range missiles to be lifted. Deteriorating battlefield conditions forced the U.S. […]
When invading Russian troops advanced towards Kyiv and the first explosions rang out in the suburbs, Daria Zymenko took refuge in Gavronshchyna, her parents’ village near the Ukrainian capital. The Russians took control of Gavronshchyna soon after. One day several soldiers, drunk and armed, burst into the family’s home, saying that Zymenko, an illustrator, must […]
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Ten men were convicted Wednesday in Peru for raping nine teenagers while serving in the military during the country’s armed conflict decades ago. Judge Marco Angulo, of Peru’s First Superior Criminal Court, ordered the former soldiers to serve time in prison, with sentences ranging between six and 12 years. Authorities accused […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Don’t believe the name: The Demilitarized Zone between the two rival Koreas might be the most heavily armed place on earth. Two million mines, barbed wire fences, tank traps and tens of thousands of troops from both countries patrol a divided swath of land 248 kilometers (154 miles) long and […]
South Korean soldiers fired warning shots after North Korean troops briefly crossed the border for the second time this month. About 20-30 North Korean soldiers were doing construction work in the area when they crossed the military demarcation line that is the border between the two countries, South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said, according […]
The North Korean military has breached the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the communist nation from South Korea multiple times this month. North Korean soldiers were spotted inside the DMZ on Tuesday morning, apparently laboring on a project in the forbidden area. South Korean military officials published photos of the incursion by North Korean troops around […]
Sixteen soldiers who died in World War II and the Korean War have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Monday. Seven of the U.S. military members accounted for were prisoners of war who died in World War II. The other nine were killed in the Korean War. The seven prisoners of war […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean troops fired warning shots to repel North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the rivals’ heavily fortified land border Tuesday for the second time this month, the South’s military said. Both incursions were believed to be unintentional. Around 20 to 30 North Korean soldiers who were doing construction work […]