Navy SEAL wins appeal of sentence in soldier’s hazing death
November 21, 2022 GMTNORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A military appeals court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for a U.S. Navy SEAL who got 10 years in prison for his role in the hazing death of a U.S. Army Green Beret while the men served in Africa.
EXPLAINER: What was, and is, al-Qaida?
September 8, 2021 GMTDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Born out of the 1980s war against the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan, the terror group al-Qaida under Osama bin Laden grew into a generational threat to America that culminated in its Sept.
Navy SEALs to shift from counterterrorism to global threats
April 28, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years after they found and killed Osama bin Laden, U.S. Navy SEALs are undergoing a major transition to improve leadership and expand their commando capabilities to better battle threats from global powers like China and Russia...
Navy SEAL gets year in brig for hazing death of Green Beret
May 17, 2019 GMTNORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A U.S. Navy SEAL was sentenced to one year in military prison on Thursday for his role in the 2017 hazing-related death of a U...
Born into al-Qaida: Hamza bin Laden’s rise to prominence
March 18, 2019 GMTDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The boy is only 12 years old and looks even younger and smaller kneeling next to the wreckage of a helicopter, flanked by masked jihadis carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles with bandoliers strapped across their chests...