Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned Thursday on the heels of President Donald Trump's plans to withdraw troops from Syria, citing irreconcilable policy differences in a move that took Washington by surprise. "Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are...

The European Union is investigating a possible leak of information after a report that hackers targeted the bloc’s diplomatic communications for several years.  “We are aware of the allegations and actively investigating the issue,” said the bloc in a statement.  “The...

At least 26 elephants died, 11 others are suspected to have been poisoned in a wildlife reserve in southwestern Kenya in three months, a new report revealed on Wednesday. Released by the Mara Elephant Project (MEP), the report said the cause of the deaths in the Maasai Mara National...

The sentencing for former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, scheduled for Tuesday morning, was unexpectedly postponed after a federal judge said Flynn’s conduct left him with “disgust,” and indicated he was considering a prison sentence — even though prosecutors had recommended no...

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said his country had helped the U.S. bring Afghan Taliban to the negotiation table. "Pakistan has helped in the dialogue between Taliban and the U.S. in Abu Dhabi. Let us pray that this leads to peace and ends almost three decades of suffering of the...

Nigeria’s president on Monday expressed concerns over the role that Amnesty International is playing in the country's counterinsurgency operations -- the first such caution from the president to the rights watchdog. “It often appears as if the Nigerian government is fighting two wars on...

CBS announced Monday that former CEO Les Moonves will not receive his $120 million severance package after the board determined he failed to fully cooperate with an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations. A lawyer for Moonves rejected the decision as “baseless” but did not say...

U.S. President Donald Trump Monday called on the Federal Reserve not to raise interest rates, one day before a meeting at which policymakers are widely expected to do so. "It is incredible that with a very strong dollar and virtually no inflation, the outside world blowing up around us,...

At least 62 al-Shabaab militants were killed over the weekend in a series of airstrikes in Gandarshe, Somalia, the U.S military said in a statement on Monday. The first airstrikes on Saturday killed 34 militants followed by 28 others on Sunday. "All six airstrikes were conducted...

Saudi Arabia says it rejects last week’s U.S. Senate resolution that put the blame for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi squarely on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The statement from the kingdom is an unusually strong rebuke of the Senate. Saudi Arabia said the...

Pakistan on Sunday observed the fourth anniversary of a deadly attack on an army-run school in a northwestern city, which claimed lives of nearly 150 people, mostly schoolchildren.   The main observance was held at Peshawar’s Army Public School, which was attended by parents of...

Police in the Belgian capital Brussels on Sunday used teargas and anti-riot vehicles to disperse a large number of far-right and anti-migration protesters near the EU buildings. Around 1,000 protesters gathered at Schuman Square to demonstrate against the UN Migration Pact, signed in an...

Demonstrated loyalty. Political savvy. Personal rapport. And, as a bonus, a decent golf game. President Donald Trump had long made clear the qualities he was looking for in his next chief of staff. And when his first pick turned him down, sparking a frantic search, the president...

Officials from around the world have agreed upon a set of rules to govern the 2015 Paris climate accord after two weeks of U.N. climate talks in Poland. Michal Kurtyka, a Polish official chairing the talks in Katowice, gaveled the deal Saturday after diplomats and ministers from almost...

Turkey's foreign minister said Saturday that his country would "not give up" on finding out the truth about the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul. "We haven't received any new information or outcome of the investigation from the Saudi...

Nigeria has reversed the suspension of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) from the country's northeast, hours after it accused the agency of sabotaging its counterinsurgency operations against Boko Haram militants. Onyema Nwachukwu, the army spokesman in the region, said in a...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged China Friday to release two Canadian citizens it detained this week, calling their jailings "unacceptable." "They ought to be returned," Pompeo told reporters following a meeting of U.S. and Canadian top diplomats and military officials. "We ask all...

One of the killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was heard saying "I know how to cut" on the audio of the killing Turkey shared with U.S. and European officials, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday. Erdogan also slammed Riyadh for its changing account of how Khashoggi, a...

The NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan confirmed on Friday a U.S. service member had died in a non-combat incident With this, the number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year has surged to 17. A statement by the mission in Kabul announced that the U.S....

At least 47 Tuaregs were reportedly killed and scores injured by unidentified attackers in north Mali this week. A group of nine to 12 gunmen have raided the Tassalatine and Tinabaw areas, 60 kilometers (around 37 miles) from Menaka over the past two days, according to the local media...