Afghan intelligence officials said on August 6 that they had seized a truck in Kabul carrying more than 16 tons of explosives hidden in boxes marked as poultry feed.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on August 6 that he believed his American counterpart was ready to continue dialogue with Russia on complex issues despite bilateral tensions and the imposition of fresh U.S. sanctions against Moscow.
At least 30 people have been reported killed by the Taliban in the northern province of Sari Pul.
A senior U.S. official says about 2,000 Islamic State (IS) militants are battling for survival in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the extremists’ last stronghold in the north of the country.
The U.S. Defense Department has recommended sending a package of lethal military aid to Ukraine worth about $50 million, the U.S. NBC television network has reported.
The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to impose its toughest sanctions against North Korea to date over its missile program.
An Afghan police officer was killed in an apparent insider attack in the southern province of Kandahar on August 5, NATO and Afghan officials say.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman says the Kremlin agrees with President Donald Trump's statement that the U.S. "relationship with Russia is at an all-time and very dangerous low."
Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain has administered the oath of office to the country's new cabinet following the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on July 28.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he didn't win last year's election because of Russia even as media reports said the Justice Department has convened a grand jury to investigate allegations of Russian efforts to influence the election.
Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, says he is worried that his home country of Poland could be moving toward leaving the European Union.
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