U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley urged the United Nations Security Council to punish Iran for what she called "destabilizing behavior" and "dangerous violations" of UN arms embargoes, but Russia ruled out sanctions and said dialogue is needed.
A U.S. jury in Manhattan is due to begin deliberating on December 20 in a high-profile Iran sanctions trial that has implicated top Turkish officials while straining relations between the United States and its NATO ally Turkey.
Russian state broadcaster RT has launched a French-language channel despite being branded this year as a "propaganda" outlet for the Kremlin by officials in the United States, France, and other Western countries.
Saudi Arabia says a ballistic missile has been intercepted over the capital, while Yemen's Huti rebels say the target was the Al-Yamama royal palace.
White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster says Western countries need to counter Russia's “destabilizing behavior,” saying that Moscow is running "a very sophisticated campaign of subversion" to undermine free and open societies.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says 65 professional journalists, citizen-journalists, and media workers were killed across the world in 2017, representing an 18 percent fall from last year’s figure.
One of Afghanistan's most powerful regional politicians has vowed to fight his ouster as governor of the northern province of Balkh, posing a potential threat to the shaky, Western-backed governing coalition of President Ashraf Ghani.
The United States has vetoed a draft UN resolution rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, after all 14 other Security Council members backed the measure.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has called U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters "traitors," according to an online statement from his office on December 18.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has announced the resignation of a powerful ethnic Tajik governor and political leader in a northern province, angering the politician's party -- which said he had been sacked.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman says that a tip-off from the CIA about an alleged terror plot in St. Petersburg "helped save many lives" and should serve as an "exemplary" model of productive U.S.-Russian cooperation.
Afghan officials say an attack claimed by the extremist group Islamic State (IS) on an intelligence training center in the capital has ended with the death of three attackers.
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to present a new national security strategy in a speech on December 18 that will take a hard line with China, senior U.S. officials say
The White House on December 17 released a new U.S. national security strategy that takes a hard line on China and Russia, saying the two countries are trying to shape a world antithetical to U.S. values and interests.
The Kremlin says that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) provided information that helped Russia thwart planned terrorist attacks in St. Petersburg.
Iranian authorities have shut down schools and canceled sporting events around Tehran due to thick smog covering the capital city.
Afghan officials say Taliban militants have attacked two checkpoints in the southern province of Helmand, killing 11 police officers.
Pakistani officials say at least seven people have been killed and about 30 others injured in a suicide attack on a church in the southwestern city of Quetta.
The U.S. Defense Department hailed success on the battlefield by Afghan forces and urged Taliban insurgents to embrace "peace and political legitimacy" through a negotiated settlement with the government in Kabul.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas’ Fatah faction has called for an "angry" demonstration on December 20 to protest against a visit to Jerusalem by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.
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