China is marking the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre in which it says Japanese troops killed 300,000 people.
CBS News uncovered a culture of systematic sexual misconduct at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, which is a feeder school to the US Air Force.
LGBT groups hailed a federal court decision denying a stay on an injuction for Trump's transgender military ban, meaning the US military will allow transgender recruits from 2018.
Reuters photojournalists tell the stories behind some of 2017's most memorable news images, and discuss their impact, both on the world and on themselves.
Despite outspending both Russia and China on national security, the US military could lose the next war - new Rand Corporation report claims.
Three have been arrested following a firebomb attack at a synagogue in Goteborg, Sweden.
A senior Iraqi military commander says his country's war against the Islamic State (Isis) group is over.
The Palestinian Health Ministry has issued a statement saying 25 people, including 6 children, were injured in strikes. Israel says rockets had been fired from the Gaza Strip.
People set fire to US and Israeli flags and destroyed effigies of Donald Trump in Muslim-majority countries around the globe, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt and Indonesia.
In the occupied West Bank, Palestinian stone-throwers traded volleys in the streets with soldiers firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
North Korean spies feared to have infiltrated 'ghost ships' off north western coast of Japan as Pyongyang advances nuclear programme.
Clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops have erupted across the West Bank in a show of anger over Trump's move to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
The Tory politician suggested that air strikes could be used to get rid of the 270 UK citizens who travelled to Syria and Iraq.
Trump had promised along the campaign trail to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, despite international warnings, he's making good on that promise.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns that Donald Trump's decision to declare Jerusalem Israel's capital will play into the hands of terror groups in Middle East.
Elements of genocide against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims seem to be present in crisis, human rights tsar tells UN council.
Officials said on Tuesday night that Trump will make the announcement on Wednesday to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and move the US embassy.
Coalition warplanes pounded Yemen's capital with at least 25 air strikes overnight in apparent retaliation for the killing of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh by Houthi rebels.
Philip Hammond has angered defence chiefs by reportedly telling the prime minister the British Army only needed 50,000 troops – a cut of more than half of the personnel since 2010.
Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said their fighters killed former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh for his "treason".
Child marriage is common at Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, where marrying off a young daughter means one less mouth to feed.
Chilling eyewitness account of Auschwitz survivor, Marcel Nadjari, who was forced to help Nazi death squads has finally been deciphered.
Shocking attack happened at a crowded market in the northeastern part of the country.
Army dogs Kevin and Dazz, and police dog Driver, are set to be put down by lethal injection after reports they have been deemed unsuitable for rehoming.
Advisor to South Korea's president, Moon Chung-in, tells IBTimes UK despite his tweets on Pyongyang, Donald Trump's wishes may not be "translated into actions".
US troops to be sent to warzones with freeze-dried blood plasma to prevent them from bleeding to death on battlefield.
Ollie Hall, who volunteered with Kurdish People's Protection Units, dies in explosion in recently liberated Raqqa.
Pyongyang's launch of Hwasong-15 brings whole of continental US into range of nuclear attack but increased missile range is not surprising, say observers.
North Korea fired a ballistic missile according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff in the first launch since September.
Isis bride Tania Georgelas, wife of John Georgelas, opens up about converting to Islam and life as jihadi wife in Syria.