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For President Donald Trump, this was the week when the real world began to intrude upon his presidency.

Several senior members of the self-styled Islamic State terror group’s central Asian affiliate were killed in a US air strike in Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.

Three Kashmiri rebels and two Indian soldiers have been killed in a fierce gunbattle in the disputed Himalayan region, police said Sunday.

The fighting erupted Saturday after Indian…

Turkey has stopped supporting the Syrian coalition of opposition forces. According to analyst and journalist Musa ?zu?urlu, this decision is likely to contribute to normalization between Ankara…

Challenge from the left’s new savior Martin Schulz fades among voters content with economic success.

Landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 47 people in southern Nepal and left thousands homeless, police said Sunday.

The size of areas in Syria liberated from the terrorists by the country’s army supported by the Russian forces more than doubled over the past two months, Russia Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu…

A former Afghan fighter turned mediator says Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates tried to host the Taliban before the armed group set up an office in Qatar.

The United States has asked Iraq’s Kurds to postpone a referendum on the independence of their autonomous Kurdish region, planned for Sept. 25, the Kurdish presidency said.

US Secretary…

An Afghan official says at least 13 civilians, including women and children, have been killed after their house was hit by mortars during a battle in northern Faryab Province. Gen. Dilawer Shah…

At least 3.5 million young people and retired soldiers have joined the North Korean military to fight in the event of a war against the US, state media said, adding that people are rising up “to…

Saudi elite forces are in the process of razing the historic quarter of a largely Shia town in the country’s eastern province after months of clashes with gunmen in the area.

Syrian government forces seized full control of the last major town in Homs Province held by the self-styled Islamic State terror group, Syrian state media reported on Saturday, as the army and…

Kenyan police killed at least 11 people in a crackdown on protests as anger at the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta erupted in the western city of Kisumu and slums ringing the capital,…

US President Donald Trump raised the possibility of “military option” in Venezuela over that country’s president’s power grab that has roiled the South American nation.

“We have many…

US President Donald Trump issued a new threat to North Korea on Friday, saying the US military was "locked and loaded" as Pyongyang accused him of driving the Korean Peninsula to the brink of…

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro said Thursday he wants a meeting with President Donald Trump —the same man he ridicules as a crass imperial magnate and blasts for US sanctions against officials…

The southwest Syria ceasefire brokered by the United States, Russia and Jordan is holding and displaced residents are starting to return to the area, US State Department spokesperson Heather…

A Chinese state-run newspaper has suggested Beijing would "stay neutral" if North Korea strikes first in a conflict with the United States, despite a mutual defense pact between the Asian allies…

India’s military has increased operational readiness along the eastern Indian border with China, sources said, as neither side shows any sign of backing off from a face-off in a remote Himalayan…

Former US president Barack Obama will reemerge on the national scene this fall, though Democrats expect him to do so with caution.

One aide describes the beginning of a “delicate dance”…

A humanitarian crisis in Gaza is depriving two million people of electricity, vital medical care and clean water in sweltering summer temperatures, the United Nations human rights office said on…

As nuclear-armed North Korea's missile stand-off with the US escalates, calls are mounting in the South for Seoul to build nuclear weapons of its own to defend itself —which would complicate the…

The new constitutional assembly assumed even more power in Venezuela by declaring itself as the superior body to all other governmental institutions, including the opposition-controlled congress…

The United Nations has called for the Saudi-led coalition to ease its 12-month blockade of Yemen’s main airport so the sick and injured can get out and aid can get in.

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