Russia is ready to step up dialogue with the United States over disarmament and strategic stability, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, adding that he discussed these issues with his American counterpart Donald Trump in Japan. "I think that reaching concrete measures in the field of...

The United States hit Cuba's state-run oil shipping firm Cubametales with financial sanctions Wednesday, saying it's a key player propping up Venezuela's President Nicol?s Maduro. "Maduro is clinging to Cuba to stay in power, buying military and intelligence operatives in exchange for oil,"...

The International Monetary Fund Wednesday approved a $6 billion, three-year loan for Pakistan to try to right the nation's economy. The IMF board released $1 billion to Pakistan immediately and said in a statement that the program aims to "support the authorities' economic reform program"...

South Sudan's army and several armed groups killed more than 100 civilians in a surge in violence in a southern region of the country after the signing of a peace deal last year, a U.N. report said Wednesday. The armed forces also committed sexual violence including rape against around 100...