Casualties confirmed as NATO convoy attacked in Afghanistan

A NATO convoy has been attacked in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, the military bloc confirmed, adding that the assault led to an unspecified number of casualties.

Putin Says U.S. Must Cut 755 Russia Staff in Sanctions Reprisal

Russia has told the U.S. it must cut staff at its embassy and other facilities in Russia by 755 people by Sept. 1 in retaliation for a new sanctions law passed by the U.S. Congress last week, President Vladimir Putin said.

Donald Trump blasts China for inaction on North Korea

President Trump threatened tougher trade action against China Saturday night, saying he is “very disappointed” that Beijing has failed to pressure North Korea to halt launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Donald Trump caught on camera appearing to refuse to shake disabled child's hand

The President has been slammed as 'absolutely sick' and 'despicable' after he appeared to refuse to shake the boy's hand

U.S. slaps sanctions on Iran firms after satellite launch

US slaps sanctions on six Iranian firms linked to Tehran's ballistic missile program

North Korea says 2nd ICBM test puts much of US in range

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the U.S. mainland, hours after the launch left analysts concluding that a wide swath of the United States, including Los Angeles and Chicago, is now in range of North Korean weapons.

Cooperation with Russia becomes central to Trump strategy in Syria

Cooperation with Russia is becoming a central part of the Trump administration’s counter-Islamic State strategy in Syria, with U.S. military planners counting on Moscow to try to prevent Syrian government forces and their allies on the ground from interfering in coalition-backed operations against the militants.

Suicide bomber in Pakistan's Lahore kills 25, many of them police

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people, many of them police, in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, officials said, an attack which shattered a period of relative calm in Pakistan's second-largest city.

Sikkim standoff: Chinese daily says Sushma lied about support from other nations, warns India of war

India and China have been engaged in a military standoff in Doklam in Sikkim since June 16. Beijing accuses Delhi of trespass and preventing its soldiers from building a road.

World War II pilot's remains found in tree, return for burial 72 years later

For more than 70 years a tree protected the remains of a World War II fighter pilot from Washington state whose plane crashed in Germany in 1945.

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