President Donald Trump is expected to ask the Pentagon for ways to accelerate the fight against Daesh (ISIS) militants in Iraq and Syria, and officials said the options probably would include steps the Obama administration considered but never acted on, from adding significantly more U.S. troops...

(The Guardian)- Donald Trump’s proposal to set up safe havens in northern Syria has been met with caution by his allies and skepticism by others who fear the plan is aimed more at keeping refugees out of the US than providing for humanitarian needs. Turkey and Russia, on whom such a plan...

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Congress was moving ahead with building a wall at the U.S. border with Mexico that would cost $12 billion to $15 billion. McConnell and House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan did not say how Congress would pay for the wall that...

Turkey is waiting to see the outcome of U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to order safe zones in Syria, but has long advocated such a plan, Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Huseyin Muftuoglu said Thursday. Trump said Wednesday he "will absolutely do safe zones in Syria" for refugees...

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump did not consult Russia before announcing a plan to establish safe zones for refugees in Syria, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday. "No, our American partners did not consult with us. It's a sovereign decision," Peskov...

A statue stolen from Japan in 2012 should be given to a South Korean temple, a South Korean court ruled Thursday, on the grounds that it was previously seized by Japanese pirates centuries ago. The ruling prompted an immediate protest from Tokyo, which is embroiled in disputes with Seoul...

Asian stocks rose to 3-1/2-month highs on Thursday, cheered by the Dow Jones Industrial Average breaching the 20,000-level for the first time, though concerns about U.S. President Donald Trump's protectionist stance kept the dollar on the defensive. Spreadbetters forecast European stocks...

Democratic U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard said on Wednesday she met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Syria and discussed the possibility of achieving peace. The Hawaii Democrat told CNN in an interview that during her four-day visit, she wanted to get a first-hand view of the...

US President Donald Trump took a first step toward fulfilling his pledge to "build a wall" on the Mexican border Wednesday, signing two immigration-related decrees. Trump visited the Department of Homeland Security to approve an order to begin work to "build a large physical barrier on the...

(The Independents)- President Donald Trump is expected to restrict the issuing of visas to people from seven Middle East and north African countries—of which his military is currently bombing four. Mr Trump tweeted he was planning a "big day" on national security matters on Wednesday...

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review that could lead to the reinstatement of a CIA program to hold terrorist suspects in secret overseas "black site" prisons that used interrogation techniques often condemned as torture, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday. The black...

A judge says the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal can't go forward without a defense lawyer who broke her arm. The court convened Wednesday at the U.S. base in Cuba for several days of pretrial motions in the case against five prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. It was to be...

A Russian aircraft carrier used to wage a massive offensive on the Syrian city of Aleppo is on its way back to Russia, Britain's defense minister said Wednesday, calling it a "ship of shame". "We will keep a close eye on the Admiral Kuznetsov as it skulks back to Russia," Defence Minister...

Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Jordan's King Abdullah Wednesday for supporting a round of Syria peace talks this week in the Kazakh capital of Astana. Abdullah said Russia was playing a critical role in solving the crisis in Syria. Putin said the Astana talks would become the basis...

British armed forces escorted a Russian aircraft carrier dubbed "the ship of shame" by Defense Secretary Michael Fallon as it passed through waters close to the English coast on its way back from bombing raids in Syria. Images released by the British defense ministry showed RAF Typhoon jets...

The North Korean elite are outwardly expressing their discontent towards young leader Kim Jong Un and his government as more outside information trickles into the isolated country, North Korea's former deputy ambassador to London said on Wednesday. Thae Yong Ho defected to South Korea in...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with Syrian opposition representatives Friday, Moscow said, but there were no details on which groups will attend. The meeting comes after two days of Russian-brokered talks between the Syrian regime and armed rebel groups in Kazakhstan...

A man described as a so-called “judge” in the Daesh terror group was remanded in custody by an Istanbul court on Wednesday. Yasser Mohammed Salem Radown, a foreign national also known as Abu Jihad, was arrested earlier this month when Turkish police raided a residence in Istanbul's...

China is calmly mapping out global leadership aspirations from trade to climate change, drawing distinctions between President Xi Jinping's steady hand and new U.S. President Donald Trump, whose first days have been marked by media feuds and protests. Just days ahead of Trump taking office,...

A suspected suicide car bomb rammed into the gate of a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu Wednesday and militants stormed inside, police and witnesses said. There were no immediate reports about casualties and no immediate claim of responsibility. The Somali Islamist group al Shabaab...