A white U.S. Army veteran from Baltimore bent on making a racist attack took a bus to New York, the "media capital of the world," randomly picked out a black man who was collecting bottles on the street and killed him with a sword, police said Wednesday ( Read more... )

Orange Monster Promises to Be Just as Freedom Loving as Nobel Peace Prize Winner Obama.

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The Forgotten War in Yemen and the Unchecked War Powers of the Presidency in the Age of TrumpThe long national nightmare that was the 2016 presidential election is finally over. Now, we’re facing a worse ( Read more... )

A 24-year-old transgender soldier has become the first woman to serve on the front line with the British Army.

Chloe Allen, from Cumbria, joined the Scots Guards as a man in 2012 but began hormone therapy in the last month, and has officially changed her name.

The Army said it was delighted to have its first woman in a close-combat role.

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army is facing criticism for its new appearance and grooming regulations, which some soldiers say unfairly target black women's hair.

Army Regulation 670-1 was released Monday, with rules on tattoos, hairstyles, grooming and uniforms for soldiers ( Read more... )

Tomgram: Nick Turse, AFRICOM's Gigantic "Small Footprint"

Here’s a question for you: Can a military tiptoe onto a continent? It seems the unlikeliest of images, and yet it’s a reasonable enough description of what the U.S. military has been doing ever since the Pentagon created an Africa Command (AFRICOM) in 2007. It’s been slipping, sneaking, ( Read more... )

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His organisation is in the midst of yet another internet sex scandal but the Chief of Army, Lieutenant-General David Morrison, has emerged as the unlikely poster boy for feminism.

Following revelations of further "demeaning, explicit and profane" behaviour by his army members, the tough-talking army chief released a powerful video message on ( Read more... )

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Army investigates sergeant for alleged sexual assault

The Army announced Tuesday that a sergeant first class assigned to an assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation for sexual assault.The soldier, who was not named in an Army statement, has been suspended from all duties ( Read more... )

Hundreds of serving Indian soldiers, including senior officers, are accused of involvement in widespread human rights abuses in Kashmir in a new report to be published on Thursday.

Many have been decorated and promoted despite serious allegations against them, the authors say. In a move likely to provoke anger, the report, by a team of veteran legal ( Read more... )