North Korea says it has ratified a major defense treaty with Russia stipulating mutual military aid. Russia last week completed the ratification process of the treaty that is considered both countries’ biggest defense deal since the end of the Cold War.

President-elect Donald Trump has asked U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, a retired Army National Guard officer and former Green Beret, to be his national security adviser, a person familiar with the matter says.

The Veterans Day holiday observed in the U.S. began more than a century ago as Armistice Day to celebrate of the end of World War I. Over time, its name and purpose evolved into a day of recognition for all U.S. veterans of all wars as well as those currently serving in the military.

Three World War II veterans were honored at a ceremony marking 20 years since the opening of the WWII Memorial.

Spc. Carlito Lindsey, 26, a member of the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, drowned Nov. 7 in the Tivoli River in Richmond Hill.

A cruise ship rescued four people from a disabled catamaran that was taking on water hundreds of miles off the coast of Bermuda on Sunday, officials said.

Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on Monday.

President Joe Biden honored the service of the men and women of the U.S. military by laying a wreath during a Veterans Day ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday morning.

President-elect Donald Trump plans to name longtime aide Stephen Miller as White House deputy chief of staff for policy as he moves quickly to install immigration hardliners into prominent White House posts