President Vladimir Putin says accusations of Donald Trump's collusion with Russia have damaged the US political system and demonstrated disrespect for those who voted for Mr Trump.

The UN's political chief has said senior North Korea officials told him during his visit "that it was important to prevent war" over its rapidly advancing nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

US secretary of state Rex Tillerson has said it is likely to take several years before the United States opens an embassy in Jerusalem.

There are increasing fears that the US be will be led — deliberately or accidentally — into a nuclear war, writes Elizabeth Drew

Donald Trump has said media speculation that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will soon leave his job is "fake news".

Former supporters of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe have demanded that he resign after nearly four decades in power.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cautioned countries in the Middle East against using Lebanon as "a venue for proxy conflicts".

The two countries should hold bilateral talks and air their historic grievances, or else the mistrust will deepen, says Christopher R Hill

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US secretary of state Rex Tillerson has made a secret trip to Afghanistan to outline the Trump administration's new south Asia policy.

A judge in Hawaii has blocked the latest version of the Trump administration travel ban just hours before it was set to take effect.

North Korea's deputy UN ambassador warned Monday that the situation on the Korean peninsula "has reached the touch-and-go point and a nuclear war may break out any moment".

The strained relationship between President Donald Trump and US secretary of state Rex Tillerson came under renewed focus on today.

President Donald Trump has renewed his feud with NBC News, and even raised the possibility of challenging broadcasting licences for outlets.

If the US president scuppers the nuclear deal, Iran, a proud, resource-rich nation, which also has a large uranium stockpile, will not capitulate, says Seyed Hossein Mousavian.

Beatrice Fihn, the boss of the anti-nuclear weapons group that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, sent a tweet describing Donald Trump as a moron just two days ago.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has held a press conference at the White House to say that he has never considered stepping down from the job.

The United States is kicking out 15 of Cuba's diplomats in a row over alleged attacks on US staff in Havana.

The United States has delivered an ominous warning to its citizens to stay away from Cuba and ordered home more than half the US diplomatic staff.

The US had claimed North Korea was showing restraint. With the weekend events, what reaction can the nuclear weapons provocateur expect? Christopher R Hill reports

The United States has retaliated against Russia by forcing the closure of its consulate in San Francisco and scaling back its diplomatic presence in Washington and New York.

THE proposal by the Trump administration to abolish the position of US special envoy to Northern Ireland must be countered by both the Irish and British governments.

President Donald Trump has said that "talking is not the answer" when it comes to North Korea.

President Donald Trump's values should be considered separate from America's when it comes to race, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said.

Eli Lake says that US citizens should want their government to undermine the gulag state of North Korea, not help preserve it with another compromise    

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have been ramping up the rhetoric in recent weeks. The crisis must reach a peaceful conclusion — and China will play a key role, writes Yoon Young-kwan.          

The head of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said on Sunday it was time for political leaders to accept the survival of Syrian president Bashar Assad's government.

"The US military is locked and loaded every day," HR McMaster said.

Analysts are pouring over market charts of the Cuban missile crisis in the early 1960s and the war of words over North Korea to assess whether investors’ fright will calm any time soon.

Donald Trump was speaking in his own words when he vowed to retaliate against North Korean aggression with "fire and fury", the White House has said.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has urged calm and said Americans should have "no concerns" after North Korea and President Donald Trump traded fiery threats.

The United States will respond by September 1 to Russia's attempt to force a major reduction in American diplomatic staff, Rex Tillerson has said.

The Republican-led House of Representatives has decisively approved legislation that hits Russia with additional financial sanctions.

The Trump administration has slapped 18 Iranian individuals and groups with sanctions for aiding the country's non-nuclear weapons programmes.

The Trump administration has again told Congress that Iran is complying with the nuclear deal, but insisted Tehran would face consequences for breaching "the spirit" of the agreement.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has met the king of Saudi Arabia and officials from other countries lined up against Qatar as he works to end a rift that has left the tiny, energy-rich state isolated from its neighbours.

US secretary of state Rex Tillerson has departed for Qatar as he tries to mediate a dispute between the energy-rich country and a quartet of Arab nations.

An open-ended ceasefire in southern Syria brokered by the United States and Russia has come into effect.

US president Donald Trump has described his lengthy head-to-head encounter with Russian president Vladimir Putin as a "tremendous meeting".

Doha's response, they said, was "not serious" and betrayed Qatar's "failure" to realise the gravity of the situation.

The White House has issued a warning to Bashar Assad as it claimed "potential" evidence showed Syria was preparing for another chemical weapons attack.

An American college student who was released by North Korea in a coma has suffered a "severe neurological injury", a spokeswoman for the Ohio hospital treating him said.

People in the Ohio hometown of a college student released by North Korea said they are pleased he is back and expressed hopes for his recovery as he remained in a coma.