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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday it was "unfortunate" that his counterpart in Beijing had declined to meet with him.

Ben Roberts-Smith, one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers, had sued three newspapers that accused him of involvement in the murder of six Afghans while on deployment.

14 active fires are scorching parts of Nova Scotia, Canada and its largest city Halifax is under siege with more than 16,000 residents being evacuated. The smoke and haze are now impacting the air quality of major U.S. cities across the Northeast. NBC News’ Anne Thompson has more details.

Edgars Rinkēvičs, the country's top diplomat, announced in 2014 that he is "proudly" homosexual.

While the Kremlin sought to play down the incident, some residents of the Russian capital told NBC News it had left them uneasy and concerned that more attacks may be on the horizon.

The statement underscores the tension between the government’s determination to be technological leaders and concerns about the possible harms of such technologies.

The country’s industry watchdog requires the data to help calculate the weight and balance of planes before takeoff.

Pyongyang said it would soon try another launch after learning what went wrong, in an unusually frank acknowledgment of failure by Kim Jong Un’s regime.

The water was enough to irrigate at least 1,500 acres of land during India’s scorching summer.

Russian President Putin vowed to retaliate for what he said was a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow. The Russian Ministry of Defense says they shot down eight drones. NBC News cannot independently verify that information. NBC News’ Molly Hunter has the latest.

A senior U.S. official said, “We have seen an alarming increase in the number of risky aerial intercepts and confrontations at sea" by Chinese aircraft.