Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that these potential strikes "intend to paralyze NATO" in an attempt to demonstrate that Article 5 "exists only in theory."

The deal comes as Iran-backed Houthis escalate attacks on Saudi Arabia and seek control of the strategically important Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Mark Carney set out hopes for a strength-in-numbers alliance, after European Union leaders floated the idea of Canada becoming the first “associate member” of the bloc.

The United States has approved visas for top Iranian officials to attend next week's high-level United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York.

Residents of a city in central Nigeria took to the streets to ‌protest overnight after at least 33 detainees were found dead in the custody of a paramilitary force that raided suspected illegal gold mines.

A shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Friday has left at least three young people dead and six others injured, including the gunman.

Iranian forces in recent days have brought down at least two American MQ-1 unmanned aircraft, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

Officials say a powerful bomb has exploded at a mosque near a building housing police offices in northwestern Pakistan