N. Korea’s Kim ‘starting to respect US’ — Trump
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is “starting to respect” the United States, President Donald J. Trump declared, even as Pyongyang revealed plans...
US Treasury head’s wife apologizes over IG post
WASHINGTON -- The wife of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin apologized on Tuesday after she posted an Instagram photo and comments that were slammed...
Navy launches probe after USS McCain collision
SINGAPORE -- The US Navy announced a fleet-wide global investigation after the latest in a series of warship accidents left 10 sailors missing and...
Donald Trump backs off Afghan withdrawal, lambasts Pakistan
WASHINGTON -- President Donald J. Trump cleared the way for the deployment of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan Monday, backtracking from his promise...
US Secret Service crunched by Trump and family’s travel
WASHINGTON -- The US Secret Service said Monday it is facing a crunch in meeting overtime payments for agents, as it struggles with the...
Top US commander calls for diplomacy in North Korea tensions
OSAN -- The head of the US military’s Pacific Command on Tuesday stressed the importance of diplomacy, rather than a preemptive military strike, to...
Mattis in Baghdad as Iraq presses assault on ISIS major bastion
BAGHDAD -- Pentagon chief Jim Mattis was in Baghdad Tuesday to show US support for Iraqi forces as they pressed an assault on Tal...
Rare total solar eclipse spreads wonder across US
CHARLESTON, S.C./SHERIDAN, OREGON -- As millions of awestruck Americans cast their gaze skyward on Monday at the extraordinary sight of a total solar eclipse,...
Ten US sailors missing after sea crash
SINGAPORE -- Ten US sailors were missing and five injured after their destroyer collided with a tanker east of Singapore early Monday, the second...
US-South joint drills begin amid North Korea tensions
SEOUL -- South Korea and the United States began annual war games on Monday, US Forces Korea said, amid heated warnings by Pyongyang that...
Spain identifies driver of Barcelona rampage van as hunt deepens
BARCELONA -- Spanish police said Monday they had identified the driver of a van that mowed down pedestrians in Barcelona, killing 13, as an...
Trump’s Afghan strategy
WASHINGTON -- President Donald J. Trump will announce his decision on America’s strategy in Afghanistan in an address to US troops and the nation...