A U.S. military investigator said on Wednesday that a March 16 air strike near Aleppo, Syria was a valid and legal attack on a meeting of al Qaeda fighters and did not kill dozens of civilians as reported by human rights groups. An investigation of the attack on a building in Al-Jina village...

Top U.S. intelligence officials will face questions on the FBI probe into Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. election and fallout from the firing of the bureau's former director, James Comey, when they appear at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee's open...

 Human Rights Watch Wednesday condemned comments by British Prime Minister Theresa May vowing a hardline approach to terrorism, after the deadly London attacks and on the eve of a national election. Kenneth Roth, executive director of the New York-based group, took aim in particular at...

The EU unveiled an unprecedented plan for common defense spending Wednesday to help Europe stand alone as a global military power, while urging the United States under Donald Trump to remain on the world stage. The proposal by Brussels for a 5.5-billion-euro a year fund follows a...