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Japanese Army Helicopter Carrying 10 Crew Members Missing

TOKYO—Japan’s coast guard says it is searching for an army helicopter carrying 10 crew members that went missing off a southern Japanese island. The coast guard said it received information that a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA Black Hawk helicopter disappeared from radar on a mission Thursday evening in an area north of Miyako island. It…


LIVE 6:30 PM ET: NTD Evening News (March 30): 9 Killed in Army Black Hawk Helicopter Crash; Train Carrying Ethanol Derails in Minnesota

Two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a routine training mission in Kentucky on Wednesday night. A military spokesperson told reporters at a Mar. 30 briefing that the incident resulted in the deaths of all nine service members on board the aircraft. A train hauling ethanol derailed in Raymond, Minnesota, igniting several rail cars…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (March 30): NY Grand Jury Votes to Indict Trump Over Hush Money; 9 Killed in Army Black Hawk Helicopter Crash

A Manhattan grand jury on Thursday voted to indict former President Donald Trump. Joseph Tacopina, an attorney for Trump, confirmed the news to The Epoch Times. Two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a routine training mission in Kentucky on Wednesday night. A military spokesperson told reporters at a March 30 briefing that the…


NTD Evening News (March 30): NY Grand Jury Votes to Indict Trump Over Hush Money; 9 Killed in Army Black Hawk Helicopter Crash

A Manhattan grand jury on Thursday voted to indict former President Donald Trump. Joseph Tacopina, an attorney for Trump, confirmed the news to The Epoch Times. Two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a routine training mission in Kentucky on Wednesday night. A military spokesperson told reporters at a March 30 briefing that the…


US Munitions Stockpiles Low, Army at ‘Absolute Edge’ of Industrial Capacity: Army Secretary

The U.S. Army’s stockpiles are vanishing at an alarming rate as the nation struggles to arm Ukraine and provide for its own defense at the same time, according to the Army’s most senior civilian leader. More than 60 percent of the security assistance provided to Ukraine by the United States has come from the U.S….


LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (March 29): MN Train Carrying Ethanol Derails; Lawmakers Call for Mayorkas’ Resignation at Budget Hearing

A freight train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire in Minnesota early Thursday morning. Officials have evacuated a nearby town. The Department of Homeland Security is coming under scrutiny in both the House and Senate. This week lawmakers grilled Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the department’s budget request, and called for his resignation. Two U.S. Army…


Indian Army Mortar Shell Kills 3 in Training Misfire

PATNA, India—An Indian army mortar shell fired during a training session fell short of its target and exploded in a village house in the country’s east on Wednesday, killing a young couple and a neighbor, a government official said. The couple was visiting Gulvared, a village in Gaya district in Bihar state, to celebrate the…


Residents Say Burmese Army Killed 17 People in 2 Villages

BANGKOK—Soldiers in Burma (also known as Myanmar) rampaged through several villages, raping, beheading and killing at least 17 people, residents said, in the latest of what critics of the ruling military say are a series of war crimes since the army seized power two years ago. The bodies of 17 people were recovered last week…


US Army Surging Munitions Production Amid Shortage Fears

The United States is working to overhaul its acquisition of certain high-end munitions which experts fear would be depleted in the event of a war with China. U.S. Army officials are in the process of ramping up production to overcome challenges associated with replenishing domestic stockpiles of munitions that were either sold to Ukraine or…


US Homeland at Risk in CCP Taiwan Invasion: Army Secretary

A Chinese invasion of Taiwan could result in attacks on the continental United States, according to the U.S. Army’s civilian leadership. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, would likely threaten the U.S. homeland during a conflict for Taiwan, according to Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth. “If we got…