An active duty soldier based in Hawaii pledged his allegiance to Daesh (ISIS), helped purchase a drone for it to use against American forces and said he wanted to use his rifle to "kill a bunch of people," according to an FBI affidavit. Ikaika Kang, a sergeant first class in the U.S. Army,...

There was nothing inappropriate about a meeting President Donald Trump's son had with a Russian attorney during the presidential campaign last year, the White House said on Monday, adding it was short and produced "absolutely no follow-up." "The only thing I see inappropriate about the...

Agreements to de-escalate the fighting in Syria could simplify the conflict and help to stabilise the country, but such accords must be an interim measure and avoid partition, U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura told a news conference on Monday. Speaking at the start of five days of peace talks in...

Israel's Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz proposed Monday to annex five settlements into the Jerusalem municipality, while also removing around 100,000 Palestinians from the city's census. Katz said residents of the settlements in the occupied West Bank would be able to vote in Jerusalem...