Airman Brayden Lovan, 21, entered active duty in November 2023 and had served with 90th Security Forces Squadron since May 2024. His death led Air Force Global Strike Command to indefinitely halt use of the M18 pistol.

A stray calico affectionately known as Pizza Cat will continue to make her rounds at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, despite online rumors this week that sparked a flurry of concern from current and former service members.

U.S. forces in Syria killed a senior Islamic State leader and his two adult sons Friday during a raid in al-Bab, Syria, U.S. Central Command said. It added that three women and three children were unharmed. 

The leaders of Britain, France and Germany will hold an emergency call Friday about the growing hunger crisis in Gaza, after French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his country will become the first major Western power to recognize a Palestinian state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday his government was considering “alternative options” to ceasefire talks with Hamas after Israel and the U.S. recalled their negotiating teams, throwing the future of the negotiations into further uncertainty.

Talks between Iranian and European diplomats in Istanbul ended Friday with the sides agreeing to meet again to seek to unpick the deadlock over Tehran’s nuclear program.

A former Space Force officer who was relieved of command in 2021 over remarks stemming from a book he wrote on Marxist thinking within the U.S. military is now the No. 2 civilian leader of the Air Force.

Full-day prekindergarten will be offered at more schools in the US and Europe in the fall as the military’s school system expands access to the program worldwide.

A jungle-themed amusement park designed to boost tourism in northern Okinawa opened recently near Yambaru National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

British expatriates commemorating the United Kingdom’s role in the Korean War have launched a video walking tour marking their country’s bloodiest battle since World War II.