The US Navy's deployment of new extremely long-range air-to-air missiles in the Indo-Pacific could erase China's advantage in aerial reach, experts say, part of an intensifying focus on projecting power amid high tensions in the region.
Ukraine kept pounding the Russian border region of Kursk with missiles and drones on Wednesday (14 August), as Kyiv said it had made further territorial gains in an incursion that US President Joe Biden called a "real dilemma" for the Kremlin's leader.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sat Monday (12 August) for a friendly two-hour interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Musk's social media platform X, after technical problems delayed the start of the event for more than 40 minutes.
Donald Trump's US presidential campaign said on Saturday (10 August) some of its internal communications were hacked and blamed the Iranian government, citing past hostilities between Trump and Iran without providing direct evidence.
Prosecutors in the US criminal tax case against Hunter Biden accused him of accepting payments from a Romanian businessman who sought to "influence US government agencies" in connection with a criminal probe in Romania.
Russia said on Wednesday (7 August) it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces that had penetrated its southern border near a major natural gas transmission hub, in one of the largest incursions into Russian territory since the war began.
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her newly selected vice presidential running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, campaigned for the first time together on Tuesday (6 June) in Philadelphia.
At least five US personnel were injured in an attack against a military base in Iraq on Monday (5 August), US officials said, as the Middle East braced for a possible new wave of attacks by Iran and its allies.
Ukrainian pilots have started flying F-16s for operations within the nation, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday (4 August), confirming the long-awaited arrival of the US-made fighter jets more than 29 months after Russia's invasion.
Russia freed US journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-US Marine Paul Whelan on Thursday (1 August) as part of the biggest prisoner exchange of its kind since the end of the Cold War.
US foes targeting November's election with influence operations are expected to adapt to presidential contest developments, a US intelligence official said on Monday (29 July), in an apparent reference to Joe Biden dropping his reelection bid.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Christians on Friday (26 July) that if they vote for him this November, "in four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you're not gonna have to vote."
Ukraine's top diplomat said on Wednesday (24 July), after a day of "very deep and concentrated" talks in China, that Kyiv was prepared for talks on the conflict with Russia provided Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity were fully respected.
Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign in the battleground state of Wisconsin on Tuesday (23 July) for the first time as a presidential candidate after enough Democratic delegates pledged to endorse her, clearing her path to the nomination.
World leaders lined up to pay tribute to US President Joe Biden Sunday (21 July) after he announced he was dropping out of the US presidential race.
US President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid on Sunday (21 July) under growing pressure from his fellow Democrats and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's candidate to face Republican Donald Trump in the November election.
Poland wants the European Union to launch a campaign in the United States to raise awareness with the American public about the importance of the joint relationship.
Russia's espionage trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich moved quickly through witness testimony behind closed doors on Thursday (18 July) and will now proceed to lawyers' closing arguments in a case his employer called a sham.
Donald Trump described on Thursday (18 July) how he narrowly survived an attempt on his life, telling a rapt audience at the Republican National Convention in his first speech since the attack that he was only there "by the grace of Almighty God."
Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate, US Senator J.D. Vance, presented himself to the nation on Wednesday night (17 July) as the son of a forgotten industrial Ohio town who will fight for the working class if elected in November.
Donald Trump's former leading rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, offered full-throated endorsements of his candidacy at the party's convention on Tuesday (16 July).
US Senator Bob Menendez was convicted on Tuesday (16 July) on all 16 criminal counts he faced including bribery at his corruption trial in Manhattan federal court, completing the once-powerful New Jersey Democrat's dramatic downfall.
Donald Trump made a triumphant entrance during the first night of the Republican National Convention on Monday (15 July), receiving a raucous ovation from the party faithful two days after a would-be assassin's bullet grazed his right ear.
