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Pentagon mandates testosterone screening for personnel 30-plus

The Pentagon is requiring testosterone deficiency screening for military members 30 and older during their annual health assessment, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday.

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Meet the wealthy new investor taking equity stakes in defense companies: The Pentagon

As business partners go, few are more powerful and well-funded than the Pentagon. But the Trump administration's accelerating push to take direct financial stakes in private defense and critical minerals companies -- a divisive strategy among Republicans on Capitol Hill -- raises a host of political, ethical, legal, financial and even long-term strategic questions for the U.S. military.

A boat carrying migrants capsizes off Libya's coast, with at least 50 dead or missing

Authorities say a boat carrying about 60 migrants, including women and children, bound for European shores capsized off the coast of eastern Libya in the latest maritime tragedy off the North African country

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Lebanon and Israel move toward implementing withdrawal agreement, US officials say

Lebanon and Israel have taken steps toward creating “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon, following U.S.-mediated talks in Rome

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn warns Iran war delaying critical U.S. pivot to Asia

The war with Iran is delaying an already overdue U.S. foreign policy and national security pivot to Asia, warns retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.