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Pentagon: Service academies’ culture, traditions fuel surge in sexual assaults, harassment
Responding to a “disturbing and unacceptable” recent rise in reported sexual attacks and sexual harassment at the nation’s leading service academies, a new Pentagon report Thursday called for stronger leadership, better training and changes to such traditional practices such as the hazing of incoming cadets and plebes.
Sweden raises its terror threat level to high for fear of attacks following recent Quran burnings
Sweden raised its terrorism alert level on Thursday one notch to the second-highest, following a recent string of public desecrations of the Quran in the Scandinavian country by a handful of anti-Islam activists, sparking angry demonstrations across Muslim countries.
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The U.S. military academies must improve their leadership, stop toxic practices such as hazing and shift behavior training into the classrooms, according to a Pentagon study aimed at addressing an alarming spike in sexual assaults and misconduct.
South Korea’s spy agency says North Korea is preparing ICBM tests, spy satellite launch
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Biden will use Camp David backdrop hoping to broker a breakthrough in Japan-South Korea relations
Camp David, the rustic presidential retreat in the mountains of Maryland, has been a backdrop for signal moments in U.S. foreign policy, perhaps none more notable than the peace accord President Jimmy Carter brokered between Egypt and Israel in 1978.
Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face death penalty, U.S. tells families
The suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty under plea agreements now under consideration to bring an end to their more than decadelong prosecution, the Pentagon and FBI have advised families of some of the thousands killed.
U.S. military’s aerial reconnaissance pictures of England during WWII go online for the first time
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Czechs ratify defense treaty with U.S. that makes it easier to deploy troops in Czech territory
The Czech Republic on Wednesday completed the ratification of a defense treaty with the United States that deepens military cooperation and makes it easier to deploy U.S. troops in Czech territory.
North Korea says U.S. soldier bolted into country after being disillusioned at American society
North Korea said Wednesday that a U.S. soldier who bolted into the North across the heavily armed Korean border last month did so after being disillusioned at the inequality of American society.
