President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the United States' "warmongering" was a failure, as Iran welcomed the sacking of hawkish US national security adviser John Bolton.
President Barack Obama's war on Islamic State jihadists could damage the militants without defeating them, while increasing the risk of America being sucked into Syria's hellish civil war, experts and former US officials say.
The United States wants a diplomatic solution to the escalating nuclear crisis with North Korea, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday, toning down the shrill rhetoric between the two countries.
The United States said Wednesday it hoped the UN atomic agency would "very soon" give more detail on new information the watchdog has on possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear programme.
The US wants a diplomatic solution to the North Korean nuclear crisis, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday, as China warned there would be "no winners" in a war on the Korean peninsula.
The United States could be vulnerable to attack from long-range ballistic missiles unless the government overhauls the country's "fragile" missile defense system, experts said Tuesday in a report.
The White House on Tuesday warned it would hold Iran accountable for any violence attributed to Tehran-allied militias in Iraq that results in damage to US facilities or injures American personnel.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday warned the United States would retaliate against insurgents based in Pakistan blamed for staging a dramatic attack in the Afghan capital.
Americans will not be cowed and will continue to work in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday after Taliban gunmen attacked the US embassy in Kabul.
A simple question that distils much of the debate swirling in America's Great Recession election appears to have Democrats tied in knots.
Iran may have enough nuclear material to put together an atomic bomb, the United States said Wednesday, as Tehran submitted proposals to resolve the international standoff.
Washington's view that China's increasingly advanced weaponry could undermine US military power in the Pacific were "groundless and irresponsible," China's defence ministry said Thursday.
An avid hunter and ex-soldier who knows how to handle a weapon, Vic Bencomo has a new preoccupation: tightening gun regulation in the United States, where firearms take tens of thousands of lives a year.
China accused the United States on Monday of using false accusations on trade to "intimidate" other countries, as the tariff battle between the global giants intensifies.
The United States called Tuesday for calm between Japan and China after Beijing sent ships to disputed islands in the East China Sea in response to Tokyo's purchase of them.
The United States on Thursday called for cooler heads to prevail amid regional tensions over disputed island chains, saying it was vital for the world economy to preserve stability in Asia.
