U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged calm after North Korea and President Donald Trump traded threats, saying Americans should have "no concerns."
The Taliban released 235 hostages from a remote village in northern Afghanistan where it allegedly massacred as many as 50 mostly Shi'ite civilians in a rare joint assault with Islamic State insurgents, officials said on August 8.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said North Korea "will be met with fire and fury " if it threatens the United States again.
A leading Russian pollster affiliated with a quasi-state agency says Russian society is increasingly looking to the Kremlin not for stability, but for change.
Pakistani authorities say they have foiled a terrorist attack in the eastern city of Lahore, hours after a bombing wounded more than 30 people.
China stands to lose the most from new United Nations sanctions against North Korea because of its close economic ties with the country, but is prepared to pay the price, Beijing's foreign minister has said.
Russia will speed up efforts to reduce dependence on the U.S. dollar and credit card system in the wake of tough new sanctions imposed by Washington, a top diplomat said on August 7.
A Pakistani charity that the United States accuses of being behind the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks announced on August 7 that it is forming a new political party.
Pakistani officials say a bomb blast has wounded at least 22 people in the eastern city of Lahore.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a telephone call on August 7 to apply maximum pressure and sanctions on North Korea, as Pyongyang defiantly vowed to bolster its nuclear arsenal.
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