Mission
Militants launched mortars at Israeli forces in Gaza as they prepared for the arrival of a floating U.S. Army pier dispatched to facilitate delivery of humanitarian aid, U.S. officials said Thursday, an incident that underscores the mission’s vulnerabilities. The attack on a “marshaling area” for the pier caused minimal damage . . .
CNN — A US Navy and Coast Guard operation on Tuesday rescued three mariners stranded on a tiny Pacific Ocean islet for more than a week after the trio spelled out “HELP” using palm fronds laid on a white-sand beach. The mission also unexpectedly turned into a family reunion.
Blue Origin has birthed a full-circle moment for former Air Force Captain and Kansas City, KS, native Ed Dwight. Back in 1961, Dwight made history as he was selected by President John F. Kennedy as the first Black astronaut candidate in the U.S., according to a news release. However, after completing the Aerospace Research Pilot […]
The leaders of the United States and Japan this week will commit to modernizing their military alliance, with the aim of eventually creating a truly operational hub for the most consequential defense partnership in the Pacific. They will also outline a vision for an integrated air defense network that links Japanese, Australian and . . […]
When most people imagine an asteroid, they think of disaster: extinction level events that blot out the sun and exterminate whole evolutionary lines. In pop culture, asteroids are both a physical manifestation of chaos beyond human control and a vector for heroism — “Armageddon” (1998) depicts our brave protagonists trying to stop an impending impact, […]
Thomas P. Stafford, an astronaut who pioneered cooperation in space when he commanded the American capsule that linked up with a Soviet spaceship in July 1975, died on Monday in Satellite Beach, Fla. He was 93. His death, in a retirement home, was confirmed by his wife, Linda. She said he had recently been diagnosed […]
The Biden administration is expanding efforts to surveil and intercept Iranian weapons being smuggled to Yemen, where Houthi militants have staged a deadly campaign of violence against commercial shipping that has proved resilient to six weeks of military strikes, said U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The initiative seeks to map seafaring . . .
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool/Reuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greeted by US Ambassador to Jamaica, N. Nick Perry upon arrival at Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston, Jamaica, on March 11. CNN — The United States will contribute $300 million to the Kenyan-led multinational security mission to Haiti, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, […]
Over the Gaza Strip — A fatal airdrop mishap in northern Gaza on Friday overshadowed news of hundreds of other parcels being successfully dropped by several planes that took off from Jordan, just east of Israel. Jordan, Egypt, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and the U.S.
During his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden will announce an “emergency” military mission to construct a port in the Mediterranean Sea on Gaza’s coast to get humanitarian aid in, senior officials said Thursday. The port will be able to receive “large ships carrying food, water, medicine, and temporary shelters,” a senior White […]