On Aug. 2 following a months-long war of words between Moscow and Washington, the U.S. formally withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The fate of the last "pillar", the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START Treaty), is now in question as the U.S. links it to the...

Civilian casualty rates across Afghanistan jumped back to record levels last month, following a dip earlier in the year, the UN said Saturday. According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, more than 1,500 civilians were killed or wounded in the Afghan conflict in July, the highest...

 Apple Inc could see a hit to its annual earnings from U.S. President Donald Trump’s newly proposed 10% tariff on Chinese imports from Sept. 1, analysts from Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Friday. “Our back of the envelope math suggests the impact (of the new tariffs) will...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday said he rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement about a possible blockade of the South American country, adding that its seas would remain “free and independent.” Maduro said he had asked Venezuela’s ambassador to the United...