The Pentagon suggested it would take over editorial decision making for Stars and Stripes, which has long retained independence under a congressional mandate.

Japan's military deployed troops to the country's mountainous north on Wednesday to help trap bears after an urgent request from local authorities struggling to cope with a wave of attacks.

New maps of Russia will be consolidated in the course of the year, the dictator emphasizes.

Germany will pay the salaries of local national employees at U.S. military bases if the federal government shutdown delays October paychecks.

The U.S. and China are battling to project power as they compete to secure critical minerals supply, the new chair of BHP said on Thursday, downplaying any potential for the global miner to be caught between its top customer and the world's biggest economy.