Uzbek President Vows Closer Ties In 'Fateful' Visit To Tajikistan

Britain Deploys Specialist Troops In City Where Ex-Russian Spy Collapsed

Britain Deploys Specialist Troops In City Where Ex-Russian Spy Collapsed

Iraq's Shi'ite Militias Formally Inducted Into Security Forces

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issued a decree on Thursday formalizing the inclusion of Shi'ite paramilitary groups in the country's security forces.

Trump Agrees To Meet North Korea's Kim To Seek Denuclearization Deal

U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to meet with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un by May to seek a deal to remove nuclear weapons from the Korean Peninsula, a senior South Korean official said after meeting with Trump at the White House.

21 People Treated In Hospital After Attack On Russian Ex Spy

British police say at least 21 people, including officers, have been treated after exposure to the nerve agent used to attack former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter near a U.K. shopping center.

Hundreds Of Women March In Kabul For International Women's Day

Hundreds of women marched in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on March 8 to mark International Women's Day and to remind authorities that much remains to be done to give Afghan women a voice, ensure their education, and protect them from increasing violence.

Pakistani Taliban Chief's Son Reported Killed In U.S. Drone Strike

A son of Pakistani Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah and 19 other people were killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike this week in Afghanistan, officials say.

Report: Evidence Of Trump Efforts To Set Up Back Channel With Kremlin

U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has evidence that a secret meeting in the Seychelles just before U.S. President Donald Trump took office was an effort by his campaign to establish a back channel with the Kremlin, The Washington Post has reported.

German Cabinet Approves Troop Increase For Afghanistan

The German government on March 7 approved plans to extend the country's overseas military missions, including in Afghanistan.

Russians Charged With Selling Fake IDs From Non-Existent Country

Police in St. Petersburg say they have apprehended a group of Russian men who are accused of fabricating and selling phony identification documents from a non-existent Caribbean island state.

'Altitude! Altitude!' Purported Black-Box Transcript Reveals Grim Moments Before Russian Crash

The cockpit voice recorder from a Russian airliner that crashed outside Moscow in February captured the desperate last words of the pilots as they tried to reverse the aircraft's downward course shortly after takeoff, a news report says.