Defence officials call revelations a 'failure to defend our own networks' and introduce new rules for contractors

US says it will continue giving assistance to country as overthrow of Mohamed Morsi was not a coup

Freedom of Information request forces authorities to name terror suspects held for the last 12 years

Hashimoto adds to long list of controversial comments

A draft bill will break the usual chain of command for sex abuse

The top US defence leaders were summoned to the White House today to talk about the military's sexual assault crisis as the Pentagon's top general said women in uniform were losing confidence the problem will be solved.

US report makes first  explicit accusation that Beijing is hacking for military secrets

Mr Kerry arrived South Korea as part of a unusual diplomatic journey, traveling directly into a region bracing for a possible North Korean missile test

Reports in the Japan suggested missile could be a KN-08, which is believed to be a long-range missile that if operational could hit the United States

$1 billion move follows increasingly aggressive rhetoric from the secretive regime 

Welcome to the idiotic new world of the US government budget "sequester". Under this latest self-inflicted wound to fiscal governance – for which both Republicans and Barack Obama share responsibility – $85bn (£56bn) of government spending cuts are starting to kick in, with consequences that are impossible to predict, but certain to be harmful.

The Pentagon yesterday grounded its fleet of F-35 fighter jets after discovering a cracked engine blade in one plane.

Nato countries are considering keeping up to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, the date when foreign combat forces were due to leave the war-torn country.

US General John Allen, who oversaw the Nato war effort in Afghanistan until earlier this month, has decided to retire instead of pursuing his nomination as head of the military alliance.