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Asylum-seekers and other migrants continue to be forcefully expelled from Libya, raising concerns at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

Ben Wallace met Danish and Swedish counterparts, underlining strength of UK's bilateral relationships.

As waves crash against the port of Alexandroupoli, the mist of the Aegean Sea gently coats the staged UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters assigned to 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division.

A two-person team of Airmen is dropped off by a Bradley Fighting Vehicle at the forward line of troops. They move down the line of cavalry scouts until they meet another small team, this one made up of U.S. Army artillerymen, who are dismounted from their own Bradley and are outfitting their rucksacks for an extended patrol. They are preparing to scout enemy positions,

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The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom continues with Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks virtually hosting the fifth round of the U.S.-U.K Defense Dialogue, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said today.

The Defense Department's new National Defense Strategy, due in early 2022, will be a plan to deal with an increasingly complicated and complex security landscape, Mara E. Karlin, performing the duties of deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, said.

The Russian government says it has witnessed some violations of the Montreux Convention by NATO members, amid soaring tensions between Moscow and the West, and emphasizes that such a situation is "unacceptable."

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The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is overhauling how it trains and manages its network of spies to focus more closely on adversaries like China and Russia, according to a report.

The British High Court has overturned a ruling that blocked the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Juian Assange to the United Sates, deciding that he can be sent to America, where he faces a possible life in prison sentence.

The UK announced new sanctions against the Myanmar military for their continued suppression of the civilian population and for serious human rights violations.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's (HKSAR) Secretary of Justice Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah called out blatant US collusion with anti-Hong Kong rioters to damage the Chinese central government and the SAR government, and called on the public to vote to ensure candidates who put the interests of Hong Kong residents first get elected.

China has reiterated its support for the implementation of the JCPOA, saying "diplomatic efforts" and "concrete actions" are key to a smooth restart of talks between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries slated to be held in the Austrian capital of Vienna later this month.

The European Union (EU) has warned the UK government that its Brexit trade deal is "intrinsically linked" to the Northern Ireland (NI) protocol and "one cannot exist without the other."

A new law requiring Hong Kong public schools to raise the Chinese flag and sing China's national anthem once a week can be "dangerous" and "ineffective" as part of a move by Beijing to promote a sense of Chinese identity in Hong Kong among students, according to experts.

As Russia's coronavirus toll reached new levels, new restrictions aimed to stem the spread of COVID-19 ran into resistance from politicians and the public. A Nobel Peace Prize laureate was fined by the government, while concerns about the Kremlin's intentions in Ukraine and Belarus persisted - and a startling missile shot into space drew condemnation.

"Catastrophic and famine-like conditions" hang over Afghanistan's farmers and herders, whose needs continue to worsen with the onset of winter, UN humanitarians said on Friday.

Vietnam held an official ceremony of national mourning on Friday for the more than 23,000 citizens who have died after contracting COVID-19, as some critics said the pandemic may have claimed fewer victims had the government acted differently.

A top U.S. national security official says Washington and Beijing are "in the very early stages" of discussions that could eventually tamp down military tensions but that China's seriousness will have to be tested.