AFP - The US Supreme Court has ruled prisoners at the Guantanamo military base have a right to challenge their detention in US civilian courts, dealing a stiff rebuke to the Bush administration.

AFP - Two US Marines have been disciplined for their role in an Internet video that showed a puppy being thrown off a cliff by a soldier in Iraq, the military said in a statement Thursday.

AFP - The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled Guantanamo prisoners have the right to challenge their detention at the US military base in civilian courts, dealing a stiff rebuke to the Bush administration.

AFP - Astronomers will get a chance to unveil the mysteries of cosmic gamma rays and look deeper into the universe and its origins after NASA launched the high-tech GLAST telescope into orbit Wednesday.

AFP - The US gamma-ray telescope GLAST was launched into space Wednesday on a Delta 2 missile from the army base at Cape Canaveral, Florida, NASA television said.

AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Tuesday of "catastrophic" consequences for any state that provided nuclear weapons used in a terrorist attack on the United States.

AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he is looking for ways to engineer the first political transition in wartime in 40 years without crippling gaps in key Pentagon posts.

AFP - A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a lawsuit challenging the legality of the US military's ban on homosexuals, an issue with so many ups and downs it will likely end up in the US Supreme Court.

AFP - A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a lawsuit challenging the legality of the US military's ban on homosexuals, in a case with so many ups and downs it will likely end up in the US Supreme Court.

AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday the importance of the US nuclear arsenal was likely to grow in importance in coming years as Russia moves to strengthen its nuclear forces.

AFP - World military spending grew 45 percent in the past decade, with the United States accounting for nearly half of all expenditure, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said Monday.

AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday nominated Michael Donley as secretary of the air force and General Norton Schwartz as air force chief of staff to replace leaders ousted over two major nuclear-related blunders.

AP - As of Saturday, June 7, 2008, at least 443 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures May 31 at 10 a.m. EDT.

AP - As of Friday, June 6, 2008, at least 443 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT.