No end to marathon Korean crisis talksTop-level North and South Korean negotiators talked through the night with no sign of an agreement to exit a high-stakes standoff.
Obama to take last shot at closing GitmoBarack Obama is making a final push to close Guantanamo prison, but to fulfill that glaringly incomplete campaign promise he faces unpalatable compromises and internal resistance.
Pentagon assures it will check Iran's 'malign' influenceTop US military officers sought to reassure worried lawmakers that US forces would check Iran's "malign" influence in the Middle East should Congress greenlight the nuclear deal with Tehran.
Pentagon chief tries to calm Mideast jitters over Iran dealUS Defence Secretary Ashton Carter sought to reassure anxious Middle East allies Tuesday over the Iran nuclear deal during a regional tour that includes stops in Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia
22 July 2015
Poroshenko faces new security crisis in western UkrainePresident Petro Poroshenko confronted a fresh crisis as a deadly standoff between interior ministry units and armed Ukrainian ultranationalists entered a third day in a western enclave near Hungary.
Ukraine leader lays out vision of new war-time constitutionUkrainian President Petro Poroshenko proposed constitutional changes giving sweeping powers to the regions but critically failing to address demands of pro-Russian militants in the separatist east.
02 July 2015
NATO keeps mum on 'Baltic brigade' request: LithuaniaNATO has vowed to hold "continuous" military exercises in eastern Europe to deter Russia but has yet to respond to a request by Baltic states for a permanent brigade.