Carlo Muñoz

Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims win in Turkey’s presidential election

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling political party he leads on Sunday secured victory in the country's first-ever parallel presidential and parliamentary elections.

June 24, 2018

Pentagon directed to house 20,000 migrant children in U.S. military bases

Administration officials have requested the Pentagon to begin plans to house upwards of 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children at various military installations across the U.S.

June 21, 2018

Donald Trump’s pick to head fight in Afghanistan calls out Pakistan in hearing

President Trump's pick to lead U.S. forces in Afghanistan said Pakistan is continuing to finance and supports elements of the insurgency fighting Kabul even while publicly voicing support for U.S.-backed talks to forge a peace deal with the Taliban and end the 17-year conflict.

June 19, 2018

U.S., Turkey patrol in Syria leaves Kurds out

U.S. and Turkish military patrols have begun operating in the highly strategic northern Syrian enclave of Manbij, heading off a feared clash between the two NATO allies but potentially leaving the Pentagon's Kurdish allies in the region shortchanged once again.

June 18, 2018

Pentagon’s plans for Iraq mission shelved

BRUSSELS | American and NATO military officials are transforming the U.S. mission in Iraq into a more-multinational campaign amid the promise of new commitments from partner nations to train and advise Iraqi forces to prevent a recurrence of the threat from Islamic State.

June 18, 2018

Donald Trump calls for new ‘Space Force’ military branch

President Trump on Monday directed the Pentagon to launch the process for creating a "Space Force" that would extend U.S. military might into the final frontier.

June 18, 2018

Trump’s Seoul ambassadorial pick still sees nuclear threat from North

President Trump's pick to fill the long-vacant ambassador's post in Seoul said the president's personal diplomacy with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has put the U.S. in a "dramatically different place," but balked at endorsing Mr. Trump's Twitter assertion that Pyongyang is no longer a nuclear threat.

June 14, 2018

Former Pacific Command chief backs pause in U.S. war games

The U.S. and its Pacific allies should back Washington's decision to suspend military drills with South Korea, to give Pyongyang a chance to prove whether they are serious about bringing peace to the peninsula, retired U.S. Pacific Command chief Adm. Harry Harris told Congress Thursday.

June 14, 2018

Saudis, allies launch long-awaited, high-risk assault on key Yemeni port

The Saudi-led coalition battling Iranian-backed Houthi separatists in Yemen launched a long-awaited, high-risk campaign to break the back of the insurgency, with American military assistance, in a mass offensive against a key rebel stronghold in the country.

June 13, 2018

Iran warns North Korea of the U.S. backtracking on denuclearization deal

Still stinging from Washington's abrupt withdrawal from the Obama-era nuclear pact with Iran in May, Tehran lashed out Tuesday, warning Pyongyang it may just another pawn in the Trump administration's feckless foreign policy and national security objectives.

June 12, 2018

Mattis: ‘All is quiet’ among North Korean forces ahead of Singapore summit

Pentagon officials have seen no uptick in readiness or an increased threat posed by North Korean forces to U.S. and allied troops on the peninsula, ahead of the landmark summit between Washington and Pyongyang in Singapore this week.

June 11, 2018

Coordinated attacks in eastern, northern Afghanistan shatter tenuous cease-fire

A string of coordinated suicide bombings and attacks Monday against government forces in eastern and northern Afghanistan, as well as a devastating strike in the country's capital, shattered a tenuous cease-fire between Kabul and the Taliban.

June 11, 2018

Air Force grounds all F-15 fighters in Pacific after recent jet crash

Command officials at an Air Force combat wing in the Pacific have suspended all flight operations in the wake of an F-15C crash off the coast of Okinawa, according to a unit statement issued Monday.

June 11, 2018

U.S., Afghan forces to intensify operations against ISIS cell during Taliban cease-fire

Afghan and American commanders are planning to leverage the anticipated lull in fighting, stemming from the proposed cease-fire with the Taliban, to turn up the pressure on Islamic State's factions in the country, the top U.S. commander said Friday.

June 8, 2018

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s call for cease fire during Ramadan backed by NATO ministers

BRUSSELS | NATO defense ministers here are lauding Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's unprecedented call for a brief cease-fire with the Taliban during Ramadan, heralding it as a sign Kabul is taking the initiative in the fledgling peace process geared toward ending the 17-year war.

June 7, 2018

James Mattis works to preserve defense gains amid NATO tensions

The Pentagon is determined to keep tensions over trade and other issues between the U.S. and its allies from jeopardizing President Trump's long-term campaign to get America's NATO allies to contribute their fair share to the alliance's defense coffers, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said Wednesday as he arrived here for a summit of NATO defense ministers.

June 6, 2018

James Mattis meets NATO counterparts

Ex-Marine James N. Mattis' experience operating in hostile territory could come in handy this week as the U.S. defense secretary travels to Europe at a time of unusual strain between the U.S. and its allies, over trade, Iran, energy policy, sanctions — and U.S. demands for more defense spending and more help in such crisis spots as Iraq and Afghanistan.

June 5, 2018

Chuck Schumer, Dems give Donald Trump their list of conditions for North Korea nuclear deal

Senate Democrats inserted themselves Monday into President Trump's negotiations with North Korea, handing him a list of conditions for a denuclearization deal and cautioning him not to get snookered by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

June 4, 2018

U.S. forces in Korea ‘not going anywhere’: James Mattis

Defense Secretary James Mattis dispelled any notion of American forces based at the Korean peninsula being pulled out of the region, saying the idea is simply dead on arrival at the Pentagon.

June 4, 2018

Bashar Assad of Syria to visit Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, North Korea, state media reports

Syrian President Bashar Assad announced plans on Sunday for an unprecedented meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, days after the Trump administration announced the previously canceled summit with the North's reclusive leader was back on.

June 3, 2018