LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Some 1,500 active-duty U.S. Army paratroopers have been placed on alert for a potential deployment to the state of Minnesota, U.S. media reported on Sunday, citing ...

On Saturday, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said the Iraqi army has taken full control of Ayn al-Asad Airbase, the country's second-largest military airbase, in the western province of Anbar following the ...