Trump: Syria attack ‘very soon or not so soon at all!’

President Donald Trump said Thursday that an attack on Syria could take place "very soon or not so soon at all," arguing he had never signaled the timing of retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack that he had suggested was imminent a day earlier. The president made his latest statement in a tweet Thursday morning.

At stake in Syria is a potential military clash between the U.S. and Russia.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that an attack on Syria could take place "very soon or not so soon at all!" The president made the statement in a tweet Thursday morning. Trump on Wednesday had warned Russia to "get ready" for a missile attack on its ally Syria, suggesting imminent retaliation for last weekend's suspected chemical weapons attack.

China to carry out live-fire exercise in Taiwan Strait next week

Members of Taiwan's navy participate in joint training and military activities with the Nicaraguan Navy at Corinto port, Nicaragua, on April 9, 2018. Three ships carrying around 800 crew arrived in El Salvador last Friday to begin a series of visits to allies in Central America, according to Taiwan's Defense Ministry.

West weighs Syria attack that could lead to confrontation with Russia

LONDON/MOSCOW - 12 April 2018: British ministers planned to gather on Thursday to discuss whether to join the United States and France in a possible military attack on Syria that threatens to bring Western and Russian forces into direct confrontation. Prime Minister Theresa May recalled the ministers from their Easter holiday for a special cabinet meeting on how to respond to what she has cast as a barbaric poison gas attack by Syrian government forces on civilians in the formerly rebel-held town of Douma, just east of the capital Damascus.

12 Hudson County heroes to be honored at Valor Awards luncheon

A dozen first-responders, some who risked their lives to save others last year, will be honored next week at the Hudson County 200 Club's annual Valor Awards luncheon. The special honorees are seven Jersey City police officers, one Hudson County Prosecutor's Office detective, three Bayonne firefighters and a corrections officer.

Teens help rescue six people from capsized boat off the Florida Keys

Two teenagers with a natural affinity for the sea assisted in rescuing two families - including a 4-year-old boy and 3-month-old baby - after the boat they were in capsized near the Florida Keys over the weekend. Mason Baker, 17, Will Coffin, 18, and Will's uncle, Dave Tolhurst, 54, were fishing for Yellowtail just north of the Conch Reef Sanctuary Preservation Area in the upper Keys on Saturday when Tolhurst noticed the 23-foot boat overturned about 500 yards away, Baker told ABC News.

Can’t force its forces to buy weapons ‘Made in India’: Sitharaman

Thiruvidanthai , April 11 : Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the government cannot walk a "thin line" to compel Indian armed forces to buy indigenous weapons, after she opened a major defence trade fair that projects India - world's biggest global arms importer - as one of the major military equipment manufacturing hubs. The four-day DefExpo India, themed "Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub," and being held at Thiruvidanthai off the East Coast Road near here, is the 10th biennial exercise aimed at establishing Brand India and highlighting the manufacturing capabilities of the country's defence sector.

Trump’s options in Syria include airstrikes, partnerships, experts say

Trump meets with military leaders, says decision on U.S. retaliation against suspected chemical attack in Syria will be coming tonight or shortly thereafter. After another suspected chemical attack in Syria, President Trump promised the U.S. would respond "forcefully" but so far has not given specifics.

Ex-military couple due in court for child abuse resentencing Source: AP

A former Army major and his wife convicted of abusing their young foster children over several years are due back in federal court on Wednesday for a resentencing after their original sentence was thrown out for being too lenient. John and Carolyn Jackson lived at the Army's Picatinny Arsenal facility when they were charged in 2013.

Is It Time for AFRICOM to Get Its Own Troops?

A key defense lawmaker is calling for the U.S. Army to assign one of its new Security Force Assistance Brigades, pictured here, to U.S. Africa Command. When four U.S. soldiers were killed in the west African country of Niger last year, many in the American public - and even some lawmakers who serve on foreign-policy committees - were surprised to discover the United States had troops there.

Trump’s troops on the border: It’s bad political theater – and nothing to do with security

Last week, the Fox News-addled grandpa who is legally the president of the United States got riled up, as he is wont to do, by his favorite channel's racist propaganda . "Fox & Friends" depicted a caravan of refugees from Central America as an invading army, rather than a group of people fleeing violence and seeking peaceful lives.

Three states pledge 1,600 troops for Trump’s border fight

Governor Doug Ducey speaks to Arizona National Guard soldiers prior to deployment to the Mexico border Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas have pledged to send about 1,600 National Guard members to the US-Mexico border, responding to President Donald Trump's plan to use the military to help fight illegal immigration and drug trafficking. Texas governor Greg Abbott said he would add about 300 troops a week to the 250 members of the National Guard whose deployment was announced on Friday until the total number reaches at least 1,000 troops.

Gunboat Diplomacy and the Ghost of Captain Mahan

After years of seeming compliance with Washington's rules for good global citizenship, China's recent actions in Central Asia and the continent's surrounding seas have revealed a two-phase strategy that would, if successful, undercut the perpetuation of American global power. Amid the intense coverage of Russian cyber-maneuvering and North Korean missile threats, another kind of great-power rivalry has been playing out quietly in the Indian and Pacific oceans.