Bloomberg President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged cooperation in fighting the IS, the two sides said, as they seek to ease tension after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its support for Syria, and allegations that Russian hackers sought to sway the US election. “The positive call was a significant start to improving the relationship between the United …

  SANAA / AP The US military said on Sunday that one service member was killed and three others wounded in a raid in Yemen targeting its local al-Qaida branch, marking the first-known combat death of a U.S. soldier under President Donald Trump’s new administration. U.S. Central Command said in a statement that a fourth service member was injured in …

  KUALA LUMPUR / AP Twenty-five, mostly Chinese tourists, were rescued on Sunday after spending more than a day drifting in Malaysian waters after their boat sank, officials said. Six of the 31 people on board were still missing Sunday evening, Shahidan Kassim, a minister in the prime minister’s department, told reporters in Sabah state. The boat’s captain and a …