Trump insists the U.S., not Iran, is in control of the strait, even though transiting vessels continue to come under attack and few attempt the crossing.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold spent four days without power last month after a problem with its engineering, according to a spokesperson for the Navy's 7th Fleet.

The United States and South Korea have regularly conducted military drills to prepare for potential conflicts with North Korea. This year’s Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, a key part of

Liberia ⁠has ⁠agreed to accept ⁠up to 1,200 third-country deportees from ​the U.S. in the coming year, and an ‌initial group of 20 ‌deportees is expected to arrive in ⁠the ⁠West African nation on Thursday,

Two students were killed in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, one of them the gunman, and the situation was now under control, officials said, in the second such incident in the country in less than two months.

Some women who entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on July 30 as part of a mass migrant crossing say the hardships of sleeping rough as they wait to be registered are compounded by the threat and fear of sexual harassment.

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella said rebuilding areas devastated by recent magnitude 7.4 earthquake will cost more than $9.5 billion.

China is pulling the plug on an older version of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows tailored for government agencies, taking another step toward rooting out the world’s most popular PC software in a broader effort to reduce its dependence on foreign technology.