Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that these potential strikes "intend to paralyze NATO" in an attempt to demonstrate that Article 5 "exists only in theory."

The deal comes as Iran-backed Houthis escalate attacks on Saudi Arabia and seek control of the strategically important Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Iranian forces in recent days have brought down at least two American MQ-1 unmanned aircraft, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

Lee Jae Myung said the U.S. ally, whose support for the Iran war President Donald Trump has criticized as insufficient, was focused instead on safeguarding navigation in the region.

Russians on Friday began three days of voting in the country’s first wartime parliamentary election, which features virtually no opposition and is all but certain to secure the Kremlin’s political dominance.

Residents of a city in central Nigeria took to the streets to ‌protest overnight after at least 33 detainees were found dead in the custody of a paramilitary force that raided suspected illegal gold mines.

A shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Friday has left at least three young people dead and six others injured, including the gunman.

Emergency services are responding to a suspected fatal shark attack off a beach in the Australian west coast city of Perth. Authorities say a police boat and helicopter were sent to Sorrento Beach