When U.S. President Donald Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an "armada" as a warning to North Korea, the aircraft carrier strike group he spoke of was still far from the Korean peninsula, and headed in the opposite direction. It was even farther away over the weekend, moving...

U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on his referendum campaign in a phone call Monday and vowed close cooperation on Syria, Iraq and the fight against Kurdish militants, Turkish presidential sources said. "I value our friendship, we have many important...

The U.S. military failed to take "necessary precautions" to prevent civilians deaths in a strike on a Syrian mosque last month that killed dozens of people, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. The March 16 strike in the village of opposition-held Al-Jineh in northern Aleppo province killed 49...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence reassured Japan of American commitment to reining in North Korea's nuclear and missile ambitions on Tuesday, after warning that U.S. strikes in Syria and Afghanistan showed the strength of its resolve. Pence arrived in Tokyo from South Korea, where he assured...