The commander of US Southern Command met with senior Cuban military officials on Friday in a rare meeting on the perimeter of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, a US military installation located in Cuba’s southeast.

At least 207 people have been killed since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in September.

There were over 68,000 U.S. drug overdose deaths from January 2024 to December 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If Trump’s statement were accurate, five boat strikes would have saved about double the number of lives that were lost to overdoses in a year.

Artist’s rendering of an MQ-9B SkyGuardian drone disabling several attack drones with an integrated laser weapon pod. (General Atomics) Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other ...

More than 200 people have been killed in the monthslong campaign against alleged drug boats traversing the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific.

Trump has ordered 5,000 troops out of Germany and threatened deeper cuts in Spain and Italy as NATO allies brace for a new era.

Tehran warned that the US would bear full responsibility for any fallout stemming from what it called “illegal actions” in the region.

US military pilots now earn far less than airline crews in 2026, and even $600,000 bonuses still cannot stop the growing exodus.