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Key Iranian officials warned over the weekend of "seismic" retaliation against the country's Middle East neighbors and the U.S. ahead of the Trump administration's massive new economic sanctions push, expected early this week.

The Pentagon fired the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, a top reporter and its retiring publisher, two of whom were dismissed for "insubordination," the newspaper reported Friday.

Israel did not warn the United States before it struck an air base in northern Syria this week, despite fears of an escalation with Turkey, the U.S. special envoy to Syria said.

China's army is improving attack helicopter skills against U.S. missile defenses and ground vehicles, and recently practiced live-fire missile strikes against mockups of Patriot anti-missile launchers and Army Humvees, according to an Army think tank ...

Researchers are warning that risky abortions after the 24th week of pregnancy could surge in 10 Democratic-led states that have abolished all gestational limits.

The mother of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed after Israeli forces fired on her family's car in Gaza City wants an independent inquiry into her death, saying an Israeli military investigation announced this week is insufficient.

Top ministers for Indonesia and China agreed during meetings in Jakarta on Friday to increase their defense cooperation and strengthen food and energy security.

The U.S. and South Korean militaries wrapped up their annual drill six days earlier than initially scheduled on Friday in a conciliatory gesture toward North Korea, though the North said the step isn't enough to persuade it to return to talks.

Iran's parliament speaker and chief negotiator in the nuclear talks with the U.S. warned on Friday that his government must find a solution to its economic crisis or face collapse, hinting at the divisions between moderates and hardliners in Iran.

Russia has conducted missile tests off Japanese-claimed islands in the Northwestern Pacific, escalating a weeklong Moscow-Tokyo diplomatic row in the area.