Top US diplomat urges sides to speed up talks; no breakthrough in negotiations, but official says a break in the deadlock is 'very close'

Chief of Australian Defence Force admits culture of impunity as detailed report lists many incidents between 2005 and 2016

Trump administration moves to fulfill president's pledge to withdraw soldiers from overseas, as Republicans, US allies, senior military leaders voice opposition to pullout

Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School call for closing of loopholes in international law allowing countries, including Israel, to use white phosphorus

Some local authorities say Husam Abd al-Rauf shot dead during raid on Taliban outpost last week, providing few details; incident complicates US efforts to withdraw from country

Discussions are latest in a flurry of diplomatic activity by the Trump administration ahead of the US presidential election in November

US president to preside over signing ceremony between Israel and the UAE, but North Korea, China, Russia and Iran are still hot-button issues

10 attackers also killed in assault that starts with suicide bombing and comes at end of ceasefire with Taliban

Qamar Gul guns down men with family's AK-47, earning praise across social media

New York Times report alleges Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan