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China Stringer Network / Reuters China's First Overseas Military Base
Its troops are on their way to Djibouti, where the U.S. and France also have bases.
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Richard Drew / AP Donald Trump Jr. to Sean Hannity: 'I Can't Help What Someone Sends Me'
In an interview on Fox News, Trump downplayed his decision to meet with a Russian lawyer once believed to have incriminating information about Hillary Clinton.
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SANA / AP Syrian Rebels Shoot Down Assad Warplane Near Cease-Fire Zone
Two rebel groups said they downed the plane in regime-controlled territory just days after the U.S. and Russia agreed to a ceasefire in the region.
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U.S. Department of Defense / Reuters U.S. Shoots Down Target in THAAD Anti-Missile Test
The simulation was the first of its kind to successfully hit an intermediate-range ballistic missile.
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Joe Raedle / Reuters What If It's All True?
For months, President Trump and his aides have insisted that any suggestion of collusion with Russia was bogus. But if the Trump campaign was eager to receive information from the Russian government, what else might have happened?
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Naseem Zeitoon / Reuters Tillerson Calls Qatar's Position in Dispute With Arab States 'Very Reasonable'
The U.S. secretary of state is trying to negotiate an end to the Saudi-led blockade of the country.
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Jim Young / Reuters Donald Trump Jr.'s Reply to an Offer of Russian Government Attorney: ‘I Love It’
The president’s son released a batch of emails on Tuesday documenting that he, Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort had knowingly met with a woman identified to them as a “Russian government attorney.”
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Carlos Barria / Reuters When Will Trump Visit the U.K.?
The BBC is reporting that the trip, which was scheduled for this fall, has been postponed to 2018 amid opposition.
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Reuters Is the ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi Dead?
This time his death was reported by the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, which is typically seen as reliable.
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Rashid Umar Abbasi / Reuters Russia Threatens to Expel 30 U.S. Diplomats
Moscow is angry about the Trump administration’s refusal to return two diplomatic compounds seized last year by the Obama administration.
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Gonzalo Fuentes / Reuters Will France's State of Emergency Become Permanent?
A proposed counterterrorism law has some human-rights groups concerned.
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Andy Lo / AP 16 Dead in Military Plane Crash in Mississippi
The majority of passengers are believed to be marines.
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Mohamed Al-Sayaghi / Reuters Yemen's Cholera Epidemic Reaches New Heights
More than 300,000 people are now believed to be ill.
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Darron Cummings / AP The Three Stories of Donald Trump Jr. (So Far)
Faced with a series of ever-more-damaging reports about his meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer, the president’s son keeps changing his account.
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Channi Anand / AP Militants Kill Seven Hindu Pilgrims in Kashmir Attack
The deadly assault confirmed suspicions of violence as around half a million Hindus embark on an annual religious pilgrimage.
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Steve Marcus / Reuters Who Is Emin Agalarov?
The Russian pop star identified as having arranged a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer is the son of an oligarch with ties to Vladimir Putin.
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Ahmed Saad / Reuters Iraqi Prime Minister Declares Victory in Mosul
The announcement marks the end of nine months of fighting for the largest city under ISIS control.
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Court Rules U.K.'s Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Can Proceed
A lawsuit by the Campaign Against the Arms Trade had accused the British government of violating humanitarian laws.
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Jim Lo Scalzo / Reuters What Trump’s Cybersecurity Flip-Flop Reveals
Days after announcing a cybersecurity agreement with Russia, the president declared it dead. Meanwhile, his government has taken no action to safeguard U.S. elections.
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Stephanie Keith / Reuters If There Was No Collusion, It Wasn’t for Lack of Trying
Donald Trump Jr. made clear he was willing to receive damaging information about Hillary Clinton from a Russian lawyer in a June 2016 meeting.
