A total of 45 Afghan troops have disappeared from training camps in the U.S. in less than two years, the Pentagon confirmed Thursday. “Eight Afghan students training at U.S. facilities were reported Absent Without Leave (AWOL) in September,” Adam Stump, a Defense Department spokesman told...

The implementation of a landmark nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers is still fragile, the head of the U.N. agency that polices Iran's side of the deal has said, warning that small mistakes could have grave consequences. Iran and six major powers, including the United States,...

At least 283 people have been killed in Haiti as the death toll continues to rise after Hurricane Matthew cut a path through parts of the country, according to reports Thursday. The interior ministry warned that the number could still increase as waters recede and rescue workers reach the...

More than 2 million people are expected to flee homes across the southeastern U.S. as Hurricane Matthew barrels toward the country on Thursday. Recently upgraded to a Category 4 storm with sustained winds reaching 140 mph (225 kph), Matthew could be one of the worst storms to batter the U.S. in...

Remarks attributed to an anti-Daesh coalition spokesman that characterized Turkey’s military presence in Iraq as “illegal” are “blatantly and completely false”, the Pentagon told Anadolu Agency on Thursday. Some Arab media reports have claimed the U.S. does not want a Turkish presence in Iraq,...

The U.N. Special Envoy for Syria offered on Thursday to go to eastern Aleppo and escort up to 1,000 Islamist fighters out of the city to try to bring an end to bombardment by Russian and Syrian forces. Staffan de Mistura said history would judge Syria and Russia if they used the presence of...

A majority of Filipinos have given President Rodrigo Duterte a high satisfaction rating for his first three months in office despite a controversial drug policy and expletive-laden remarks that have earned criticism from the international community. On Thursday, the Philippine News Agency...

Forty-four Afghan troops visiting the United States for military training have gone missing in less than two years, presumably in an effort to live and work illegally in America, Pentagon officials said. Although the number of disappearances is relatively small -- some 2,200 Afghan troops...

Bank Hapoalim (POLI.TA), Israel's largest bank, said on Thursday it would make a further provision estimated at $70 million for settling a U.S. tax evasion investigation which could have "a significant impact" on its third-quarter results. The $70 million would be in addition to $50 million...

Confronted by Russia in Syria, Ukraine and cyberspace, the next U.S. president will be the fourth to face Vladimir Putin and the challenge of deterring a Kremlin often more willing than the White House to take risk and project power. Over the last four years, the Russian president has...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the situation in Syria in a telephone call on Wednesday, just two days after Washington said it was breaking off bilateral diplomacy with Moscow on the Syrian war. Lavrov and Kerry also talked about the...

Greek airports will shut down from Sunday, the air traffic controllers’ union said Wednesday as it announced a four-day strike, local media reported. The consecutive 24-hour strikes were declared in response to a bill introduced late Tuesday night in parliament on the restructuring of the...

The Taliban should look at the example of a deal between the Afghan government and militant commander Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as a path to an "honorable" peace in Afghanistan, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. Kerry told an international conference in Brussels to raise funds...

South Korea was counting the cost of its most damaging typhoon of the year Wednesday, with four people confirmed dead and three more missing. Typhoon Chaba had already attracted global headlines this week as it set a new regional record on approaching the Korean Peninsula with gusts of 375...

Somali armed forces have killed 14 al-Shabaab fighters in a security operation in the Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia, authorities said Wednesday morning. Armed forces conducted the operation on Tuesday night, said Deputy Defense Minister Abdullah Houcine Ali. Ali said...

Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "small and bullying leader" on Tuesday and condemned his actions in Syria, taking a harder line than Donald Trump at a contentious debate with Democratic rival Tim Kaine. Pence's denunciation of Putin...

Clashes between police and student protesters forced South Africa's Wits University to suspend classes for the second time in less than a month, as unrest mounted again over education costs. Police fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas at hundreds of protesters marching and...

The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade ripped into Haiti's southwestern peninsula early on Tuesday with 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and storm surges, killing at least one person and damaging homes. The eye of the violent and slow-moving Category 4 storm was hovering over the...

Shuttle diplomacy by the United States' envoy to the anti-Islamic State coalition brokered an oil deal between Iraq and its Kurdish region vital to a climactic battle with the jihadists, diplomats, officials and oil men say.  The oil revenue-sharing deal sealed in August was critical to...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein warned Russia on Tuesday over the use of incendiary weapons in Syria's besieged enclave of eastern Aleppo, and said crimes by one side did not justify illegal acts by the other. Zeid said that the situation in Aleppo...