A U.S. official says the military shot down a party balloon near El Paso, Texas, after initially suspecting it was a foreign drone, prompting a temporary airspace closure.

The rare gathering focused on the Western Hemisphere underscored potential implications of the Trump administration’s “Donroe Doctrine.”

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The United States is planning to send about 200 troops to Nigeria to train the African nation's military to fight Islamist militants, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, weeks after President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes against what he called Islamic State targets.

U.S. military forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the ship from the Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon said Monday.

The U.S. on Thursday announced the resumption of dialogue with Russia's military, which had been suspended since 2021.

U.S. forces are likely in places such as Puerto Rico for the long haul, as the Trump administration tries to reshape U.S. priorities in the Caribbean and South America.

Apparently seeking to boost its box office, some U.S. military personnel have reportedly been pressured into seeing "Melania," Amazon's $75 million documentary about first lady Melania Trump.

The U.S. military intercepted an oil tanker it said was operating in defiance of President Trump’s quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Indian Ocean overnight Monday after it tracked the vessel from the Caribbean.

Satellite images reveal a massive US military buildup in the Gulf as President Trump and PM Netanyahu meet to discuss potential strikes and “maximum pressure” tactics against Iran’s nuclear program.