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The arrest of a U.S. Marine on suspicion of robbing and killing a local woman on Okinawa has drawn condemnation from Japan's leaders and renewed protests against the heavy American military presence on the southern island.

Russia on Monday hosted a round of consultations on Afghanistan that included a delegation of the country's ruling Taliban government, along with representatives of China, India, Iran, Pakistan and other nations.

President Trump earned solid reviews in the Indo-Pacific for refusing at last month's summit to bend to Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Taiwan.

The shrapnel hit Army Lt. Col. Arturo Lincon's body like shattered glass.

Iranian officials on Sunday signaled that peace negotiations with the U.S. are continuing, even as Washington prepares for a potential escalation in the war later this year and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen threaten global energy markets.

This year, Ukraine is on track to produce between 6 million and 7 million small first-person-view drones. Meanwhile, the Pentagon's $1.1 billion Drone Dominance program expects to have ordered fewer than 200,000 by February of next year.

Police in Moscow detained about 60 people at a rally Sunday held by Russia's Kremlin-friendly Communist Party, the party said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday indicated that the U.S. could shift military resources from Europe to Central and South America to bolster the Pentagon's efforts to combat drug trafficking in the hemisphere.

Japanese authorities said they arrested a U.S. Marine in Okinawa early Sunday after he was accused of killing a woman on the island.

The Houthis on Sunday said their forces launched several ballistic missiles and drones at oil facilities near Saudi Arabia's capital, accelerating fears that the Yemen war and its consequences could spread beyond its borders.