President Donald Trump is threatening an imminent military strike against Syria, vowing to respond "forcefully" to Saturday's apparent chemical weapons attack...
Asserting the situation had reached "a point of crisis," President Donald Trump signed a proclamation directing the deployment of the National Guard to the...
Iran’s influence is looming large as Iraqis prepare to head to the polls for parliamentary elections in May, with many in the country worried that Tehran may...
When President Donald Trump vowed U.S. forces would shortly quit Syria, observers were left wondering if he was signaling an epic policy shift – or whether it...
Of all the issues that divide U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and President Donald Trump’s incoming national security adviser, John Bolton, one stands out:...
Pro-Syrian government forces including Russian mercenaries amassed near U.S. and U.S.-backed forces last week in Syria, but a potential confrontation was...
A train believed to be carrying a senior North Korean delegation, which some reports said included the country’s leader Kim Jong Un, left the Chinese capital...
British Prime Minister Theresa May called Tuesday for a “long-term response” by the West to the security threat from Russia as NATO followed member states in...
President Donald Trump released an order Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under "limited circumstances,"...
Charging ahead with the dramatic remaking of his White House, President Donald Trump said he would replace national security adviser H.R. McMaster with the...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s choice of John Bolton as national security adviser provoked strong reactions worldwide Friday – and few stronger than in the...
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al-Saud Thursday there was an urgent need to find a political solution...
There is an urgent need to find a political solution to Yemen’s war, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Thursday,...
Russia's foreign minister threatened Wednesday to retaliate against Britain for "anti-Russian measures", with the two countries at loggerheads over the...
President Donald Trump will soon make it easier to export some types of lethal U.S.-made drones to potentially dozens more allies and partners, according to...
A car bomb explosion claimed by the Taliban in Kabul on Saturday killed at least two civilians, as the militants maintain pressure on the capital amid growing...
Iran was expected Friday to resist US pressure to toughen the 2015 nuclear deal as time runs out to meet President Donald Trump's ultimatum to fix the accord...
The U.S. and European powers have had "very good" discussions towards agreeing a "supplemental" accord beyond the Iran nuclear deal by May 12, a senior U.S....
A U.S. military official says Iranian naval forces appear to have deliberately halted their provocations of U.S. Navy ships in the Gulf in recent months.
Iranian naval forces appear to have deliberately halted their provocations of U.S. Navy ships in the Gulf in recent months, a U.S. military official said...