Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also said he plans to present a Gulf security plan to the United Nations.
Supreme Court gives green light for administration to roll out new rules that would make it harder for Central American migrants to claim asylum in the US.
At least seven deaths were reported in the Bahamas. The storm's punishing winds and muddy brown floodwaters severely damaged thousands of homes, crippled hospitals and trapped people in attics.
The Pentagon has been developing plans to withdraw as many as half of the 14,000 US troops who are still in Afghanistan, but the Taliban want all US and NATO forces withdrawn.
Mark Esper also stressed that the US will “consider” Turkey rejoining to the F-35 programme if Ankara gets rid of the S-400 system and “take them completely out of the country.”
Israel is using Iraq as a staging ground for its proxy battles with Iran - and Iraq can do nothing to stop it.
South Korea said it would stop exchanging intelligence on North Korea with Japan amid a bitter trade dispute. Japan's foreign minister Tokyo "strongly" protested against the decision, calling it "extremely regrettable".
A day earlier, the Pentagon said security mechanisms of the Syria safe zone agreement will be implemented in stages. Turkey and the US agreed on August 7 to set up a peace corridor and establish a joint operations centre to organise said safe zone.
The US may have to go back to the drawing board for its Syria policy if it forces Turkey into another operation in Syria.
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper's comments are likely to raise concern about an arms race and could add to an already tense relationship with China.
US District Court in Manhattan files lawyers' letters representing individuals and businesses seeking billions of dollars in damages.
Here's the number of top officials in Trump Administration who resigned or were fired over the last two years, with Dan Coats’s resignation being the latest one.
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