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The United States evacuated its embassy in Libya today, driving its staff under heavy military guard across the border to Tunisia because of escalating clashes between rival militias in Tripoli.
As fires rage in two states in the Pacific Northwest, Defense Department fire-suppression efforts are underway with two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-capable C-130s.
Russia has accelerated its intervention, moving more of its own troops to its border with Ukraine.
The Pentagon said Russia is delivering heavier and more sophisticated missile launcher systems to separatists in Ukraine.
Short Gaza truce: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip poured into the streets to recover their dead and stock up on food supplies.
The House passed a resolution requiring authorization from Congress for a sustained presence of combat troops in Iraq.
Predominant battleground for extremists: The number of foreign fighters in Syria now exceeds 12,000 and rising.
China's naval modernization program is moving at a rapid pace, the chief of U.S. naval operations said.
The Air Force's top officer gives his service top marks for personal behavior, saying he is "very happy with the ethical fabric of the United States Air Force," despite problems that include a cheating scandal at its nuclear missile sites and a general's drunken binge on an arms control mission.
Powerful forces in Congress are working to buy the U.S. Navy an extra amphibious ship, and lawmakers in both the House and Senate have added between $650 million and $800 million to the proposed 2015 shipbuilding budget to begin construction.
$1 billion-plus short: Amphibious add isn't enough, so Navy wants to repurpose it.
Boeing is taking a $272 million hit to its KC-46A tanker contract after discovering a wiring issue that will require fixing on a test aircraft.
Force-wide changes to the military's Tuition Assistance program may require troops to pay back their TA money if they perform poorly in class.
The Webb Space Telescope's sunshield is complete and it looks cool.
Here's Colbert's complete interview with multi-industry mad scientist Elon Musk.
The documentary about Tim Burton and Nicolas Cage's failed Superman movie has a trailer.
Bloopers!