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President Trump said he would be willing to extend his Asia trip if North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un wanted to meet him.

A U.S. Navy helicopter and fighter jet crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of one another in separate incidents on Sunday, military officials said.

China's ambition to challenge Boeing and Airbus with its own homegrown passenger jet is running into turbulence, with deliveries of finished aircraft likely to fall far short of its target announced for this year.

A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other on Sunday afternoon, the Navy's Pacific Fleet said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will depart this week on an official trip to Asia aimed at bolstering security partnerships with regional leaders amid mounting trade and military tensions with China.

By its own account, the Trump administration has sunk 10 drug boats and slain 43 crew -- and has yet to offer a firm legal justification for it all.

Russian drones hit Ukraine's capital city early Sunday, killing three people and injuring almost 30 -- the second consecutive nighttime attack on Kyiv to kill civilians.

President Trump said he's watching Hamas over the next few days as he calls for them to release more bodies of hostages as part of his ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

President Trump suggested that concessions could be on the table to alleviate the trade tensions between the U.S. and China.

Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 20, officials said, and prompted fresh pleas from Ukraine's president for Western air defense systems.