Air Force wasted nearly $1 million in overpay for C-17 soap dispensers and other items, IG says

The findings reveal procurement missteps that allowed Boeing to overcharge for various components of the C-17 Globemaster III. The Air Force paid over 80 times more than it should have for soap dispensers on the cargo planes, a significant part of nearly $1 million in wasteful spending.

More than 1,200 have been killed in Haiti as gangs launch fresh attacks, UN says

Despite reports of successes against gangs, the Kenya-led international security mission, which also includes three dozen Jamaican, Belizean and Bahamian security personnel, has struggled to stop the expansion of violence as armed gangs launch a new wave of coordinated attacks.

US acknowledges limits in curbing UAE support for Sudan’s RSF

The State Department spokesperson’s comments came in response to questions about continued UAE military and logistical support for the paramilitary RSF despite allegations of war crimes. The UAE has denied these accusations, maintaining its aid is solely humanitarian.

US imposes sanctions on top members of armed wing of Mexican fentanyl-trafficking cartel

The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on senior members of the armed wing of a Mexican drug cartel that operates in border territories in and around Chihuahua, Mexico.

Typhoon Kong-rey hits Taiwan’s east coast, leaving 2 dead and hundreds injured

A powerful typhoon made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday, killing two people and bringing high winds and floods to much of the island’s east coast and northern areas, after barreling past the northern Philippines.

Iranian Consulates in Germany ordered shut after execution of Iranian German prisoner

Germany ordered the closure of all three Iranian Consulates in the country on Thursday in response to the execution of Iranian German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in the United States and was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces.

Russian bomb hits building in Ukraine’s 2nd largest city, killing 3, including 2 teens

Russian forces struck a residential building in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv on Thursday, killing three, including two teenage boys, and injuring scores of others, and launched scores of other attacks as they continued their grinding onslaught in the country’s east.

Rocket fire from Lebanon kills 7 in Israel as US officials try to push for cease-fires

Rocket barrages from Lebanon into northern Israel killed four foreign workers and three Israelis on Thursday, Israeli medics said, the deadliest cross-border strikes in Israel since it invaded Lebanon. Israel kept up airstrikes it says targeted Hezbollah militants across Lebanon, where health authorities on Thursday reported 24 people killed.

Return of high-tech helicopter engine diagnostic tool to Army in Germany is airpower boon

An Army aviation system is back at its old home at Coleman Barracks in Mannheim, Germany.

North Korea troop deal exposes Putin’s weakness

Vladimir Putin is suffering grievous manpower losses as a result of his illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine.

Spain searches for bodies after unprecedented flooding

Survivors of the worst natural disaster to hit Spain in this century awoke to scenes of devastation on Thursday, after villages were wiped out by monstrous flash floods.

Satellite images show North Korea dug large border trenches after demolishing road, rail links

Commercial satellite images reveal that North Korea has carved at least two large trenches across roads and rail lines on its heavily armed border with South Korea.

China can economically punish South Korea at will, former USFK commander warns

The former commander of U.S. troops in South Korea delivered a stark warning this week about China’s ability to weaponize its economic influence over South Korea.

DODEA school’s anti-bullying walk encourages students to stand up for others

Yokota Middle School students and staff gathered to deliver an anti-bullying message.

Uganda struggles to feed more than 1.7 million refugees as international support dwindles

Many refugees in Uganda are struggling to get by without the food assistance they once depended on. In a refugee settlement in the country’s southwest, many residents face hunger as funding for refugees has fallen over the years, causing drastic cuts in food rations. 

Apaches take center stage during live-fire drills near North Korean border

Apache helicopter gunships let loose this week at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex as hundreds of U.S. and South Korean troops took part in drills near the Demilitarized Zone focused on tactical teamwork and readiness.

Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio’s first and only female House speaker, to lie in state at Statehouse

The late Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio’s first and only female House speaker and a force in state and national Republican politics, is set to lie in state Thursday at the Ohio Statehouse ahead of a public funeral service.

Wasabi punishment nets Japanese army officer a monthlong suspension

A Japanese officer has been suspended for a month for forcing a subordinate soldier, who was caught dozing, to eat the strong Japanese horseradish, according to a Japan Ground Self-Defense force spokesman.

Army mariners answer off-duty Navy sailors’ distress call at sea off Honolulu

Three off-duty Navy sailors stranded in a ramshackle sailboat off Hawaii’s coast last month got help from an improbable source: three soldiers in an an Army speed boat.