The head of the U.S. Military's Southern Command is retiring, amid President Donald Trump's "armed conflict" with drug cartels in the Caribbean.

Documents from U.S. Central Command show meetings over the past three years between Israeli and Arab military officials to coordinate on regional threats.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States under the Biden and Trump administrations has provided at least $21.7 billion in military assistance to Israel since the start of the Gaza war two years ago, according to a new academic study published Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel that provoked the conflict.

Prosecutors say cell phone location data places Lafayette, Louisiana, resident Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, 33, at the scene of the attacks.

President Trump has said that the administration is "looking at" targeting Venezuela-based drug cartels on land after taking out approximately half a dozen drug smuggling vessels.

Germany on Wednesday pledged more than $2 billion in military aid for Ukraine, as the government in Kyiv signaled that it would need $120 billion in 2026 to stave off Russia's nearly four-year all-out war.

Amid a stubborn government shutdown, payday was a nervous affair for military families in this military-heavy region.