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France to withdraw counterterrorism troops from Niger after coup
The decision came after the coup leaders said they were closing Niger’s airspace to French planes, commercial and military.
By Angela Charlton and Dalatou Mamane, AP
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US, Indonesia and 5 other nations hold war drills amid China concerns
This year’s Super Garuda Shield exercises began Thursday with about 5,000 personnel.
NKorea slams US over submarine deal, warns countermeasures
The North was closely examining the deal and would proceed accordingly if it has “even a little adverse impact on the security of our country.”
New pact with the US and UK is set to sink Australia’s historic submarine buy from France
The U.S. and UK will aid Australia’s ambitions for a nuclear-powered submarine fleet as part of a new trilateral security partnership that leaders of the three counties are set to announce Wednesday.
By Joe Gould
Japan, US, France hold military drill eyeing China presence
The three nations’ first joint drills on Japanese soil — dubbed “ARC21” — come as they seek step up military ties amid growing Chinese assertiveness in the region.
Japan, US, France hold 1st joint drills on Japanese land
About 100 Japanese troops, along with 60 troops each from the French army and U.S. Marine Corps, will conduct urban warfare drills followed by amphibious operation exercises.
France, West African leaders discuss fighting extremism
French and West African heads of state began a two-day summit Monday on the fight against Islamic extremists in Africa’s Sahel region.
UN arms embargo on Iran expires
While Iran says it plans no “buying spree,” it can now in theory purchase weapons to upgrade military armaments dating back to before its 1979 Islamic Revolution and sell its own locally produced gear abroad.
Seeking the Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 37: Peter Gutierrez, psychiatry professor and researcher
Peter Gutierrez is a clinical psychologist, a psychiatry professor and past-president of the American Association of Suicidology.
Report: Trump disparaged US war dead as ‘losers,’ ‘suckers’
A new report details multiple instances of President Donald Trump making disparaging remarks about members of the U.S. military who have been captured or killed, including referring to the American war dead at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018 as “losers” and “suckers.”
Ball’s in Russia’s court on New START extension, says DoD official
New START, which limits each country to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers, expires Feb. 5 unless the U.S. and Russia agree to extend it.
By Joe Gould
Seeking the Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 14: Cheree Tham
Cheree Tham is the principal investigator with America’s Warrior Partnership for Operation Deep Dive (OpDD). OpDD is a community-based study of veteran suicide, asphyxiation, drowning, death by law enforcement and single driver high speed car accident.
By Military Times staff