ISLAMABAD – The United States Department of Defense has said that Washington has a healthy military-to-military relationship with the Pakistani armed forces and expects a continuation of engagement in the future. US assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs John Kirby has said ...

KABUL - The Taliban on Saturday rejected a newspaper report claiming their fighters had received rewards from Moscow’s spies to kill US troops in Afghanistan. The New York Times reported Friday that bounties offered by a notorious arm of Russia’s military intelligence service gave incentives ...

ISLAMABAD-NEW YORK,A Russian military unit secretly sought to offer rewards to Taliban-linked militants to incentivize them to hunt and kill NATO troops in Afghanistan, which include American forces, The New York Times reported Saturday, citing unnamed U.S. intelligence officials. The report said ...

ANTALYA (AA): Turkey on Sunday rejected recent claims by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Ankara’s anti-terror operations in northern Iraq. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said in a statement that it was “shameful” that the USCIRF criticized Turkey’s ...

MOSCOW - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was "the brainchild of the United States," Russia’s foreign minister said. Speaking to the Russia-24 news channel, Sergey Lavrov said they want more information on the killing of the leader of the Daesh terror group. "Everything was solemnly and triumphantly ...

TEHRAN - Iran on Sunday dismissed US accusations it was behind drone attacks on Saudi oil installations, suggesting the United States was seeking a pretext to retaliate against the Islamic republic. "Such fruitless and blind accusations and remarks are incomprehensible and meaningless," foreign ...

China has denied U.S. accusations that the Chinese military had recently carried out missile tests in the disputed South China Sea, saying instead that they had held routine drills that involved the firing of live ammunition. Earlier, the Pentagon said the missile launch was disturbing and contrary ...

Iran has rejected the allegations made by the United States that Tehran was behind reported attacks on tankers near the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif said US immediately jumped to make allegations against Iran without a shred of factual or circumstantial ...

Iran has dismissed the recent U.S. accusations that Tehran has breached the Chemical Weapons Convention. In a statement, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said Washington has once again leveled groundless accusations against the Islamic republic, which we strongly reject. He said United ...

China has rejected fresh US accusations of perpetuating unfair trade practices, urging Washington to take positive steps to improve bilateral economic and trade ties. Addressing a news conference in Beijing on Thursday, Chinese Commerce Ministry Spokesman Gao Feng expressed deep concern over a ...