The United States' most senior military officer on Friday said North Korea understands that an any attack on Japan is equal to one on the U.S. itself - and vice versa. General Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held talks with his Japanese counterpart at the defence ministry...

Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, under house arrest for six years, ended his hunger strike late Thursday after the government agreed to remove intelligence agents from his home. However, his demand to face trial - he has never been charged since being placed under house arrest in...

Law enforcement in major U.S. cities were on alert Thursday after a terror attack killed at least 13 victims in Spain and injured dozens more. Public information officers in New York, Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles told Anadolu Agency they were monitoring the situation in Barcelona but that...

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis insisted Thursday that America is ready to respond to any North Korean threat, after a senior White House official had dismissed talk of a "military option." "In close collaboration with our allies, there are strong military consequences if the DPRK...