The strategy outlines plans for a major Japanese military buildup that the US is encouraging as part of its strategy against China

The Department says the new initiative reaffirms that it views China as 'the consequential geopolitical challenge' facing the US

The region's governor said eight more people were wounded and a poultry farm was damaged

AFRICOM says it launched a strike on December 14 and one on December 17

The former secretary of state suggested 'internationally supervised referendums' could be held in areas controlled by Russia

Joe Biden Administration officials judge an offensive to retake the peninsula would cross Moscow’s "red lines."

The spending bill now heads to President Biden's desk

Appropriators want to give loans to Taiwan while other members of Congress want to provide grants that don't need to be paid back

Belgrade formally asked NATO if its troops could return to northern Kosovo, a request unlikely to be granted

The incoming Israeli PM says he will seek normalization with Riyadh

The visit comes as there is virtually no hope the US and Iran will be resuming nuclear deal negotiations

The training will take place in Germany with the goal of training a Ukrainian battalion each month

The Ukrainian leader rejected a proposal to allow Russians to participate in 2024 if they don't do so under Russia's flag or colors

The US stores about 20 warheads in Germany as part of NATO's nuclear sharing program, and Berlin maintains a bomber fleet that can carry them

Israel frequently bombs Syria but rarely confirms individual airstrikes