Confirming the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Thursday announced the name of their new chief. Donald Trump had announced about the death of Baghdadi in a US raid four days back.

The Pentagon on Friday snubbed Amazon and awarded Microsoft with a $10 billion cloud computing contract. Amazon’s competitive bid drew criticism from President Donald Trump and its business rivals.

The India struck down its own low-orbit satellite with its ground to space missile. With the test, India has become the fourth nation in the world after the US, Russia and China to have A-Sat capabilities.

A day ahead of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunfords stopover in Islamabad, the Pentagon has said that America will continue to press Pakistan to "indiscriminately" target all terrorist groups.

China's Defence Ministry said it has lodged a formal protest with Washington over a Pentagon report that claimed the Chinese military was training to carry out strikes against the US.

The Pentagon has postponed a military parade which was requested by President Donald Trump to mark the annual Veterans Day, a media report said.

The Pentagon is working on an app that will keep track of US soldiers' health and deliver cost-saving treatment by monitoring the data accumulated on their smartphones, the media reported.

The US Defence Department has said airstrikes on Syria had struck all of their targets and none of the coalition's planes or ship-launched missiles had been intercepted by President Bashar al-Assad's forces.

The Pentagon has said it will begin accepting transgender military recruits on Monday, after President Donald Trump's administration decided not to appeal a court order blocking his ban.

Pyongyang says it has successfully trialled a hydrogen bomb that could be loaded on to a long-range missile. The move has drawn international condemnation. North Korea has defied UN sanctions and international pressure by developing nuclear weapons and test missiles that could potentially reach the US.