The United States' top diplomat says ties between Washington and Moscow are continuing to deteriorate, telling senators that the U.S. administration is still trying to stabilize the relationship.
The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin and Saudi King Salman spoke by telephone on June 13 about the diplomatic dispute over Qatar.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in northwestern Pakistan has killed a commander of the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network, local officials say.
Two people have died and hundreds are critically ill from what Iraq's health minister says was food poisoning at a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
The United States, the European Union, and human rights groups have condemned the detention of hundreds of peaceful protesters across Russia.
Saudi Arabia's aviation body said on Tuesday that closing its airspace to flights from Qatar was within its sovereign rights to protect its citizens from any threat.
U.S. senators late on June 12 announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation to impose new sanctions on Russia over human rights abuses, for arming Syria, and for allegedly meddling in the U.S. presidential election.
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he will present options on Afghanistan to President Donald Trump "very soon," and the new U.S. strategy will take a "regional approach" rather than addressing the country's long-running war in isolation.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will reveal details of his plan for fighting the Islamic State (IS) group, saying a press conference will come within weeks.
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulrahman al-Thani has denounced the sanctions imposed against Doha by Saudi Arabia and its allies as "unfair" and "illegal."
Qatar has launched two new shipping services to Omani ports after other Gulf states severed ties with Doha last week, raising concerns over food supplies to import-dependent Qatar.
The Afghan Taliban's second-in-command and head of the Pakistan-based Haqqani network has denied any involvement in recent deadly attacks in Kabul and Herat.
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