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.

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.

The yen dropped after the Bank of Japan’s decision to hike rates as a split vote sent bearish signals, strategists said. The Japanese currency fell as much as 0.5% after the central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 1.

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

The former prime minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, was convicted in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal. He’ll serve out his time at a luxury home.