ISLAMABAD (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered to mediate for a new ceasefire between Pakistan and ...

Much of the criticism has centered on Israel’s influence on Trump’s decision to go to war. Carlson, the former Fox News star ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee said Wednesday that it has opened an investigation of Rep. Tony Gonzales, ...

A rule change for primary voting in two Texas counties created mass confusion Tuesday that eventually led to a state Supreme ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. and Israel’s joint war against Iran has already upended travel across the Middle East, stranding hundreds of thousands of people. And the future is anything but certain.

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has long been considered a contender to the post of the country’s next paramount ruler — even before an Israeli strike ...

The U.S. has spared “no expense or capability” to enhance air defense systems to protect American forces and allies in the Middle East, Hegseth told reporters at the Pentagon days after the U.S. and ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka’s navy said Wednesday it recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 people.

The Iran war has effectively halted oil tanker movement in the key Strait of Hormuz. But it’s also disrupting the wider global supply chain beyond oil, affecting everything from pharmaceuticals from ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha will release on Wednesday findings from a multiyear investigation into child sexual abuse in the Diocese of Providence. According to ...

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba said Wednesday it has filed terrorism charges against six suspects it claims were aboard a Florida-flagged speedboat that is alleged to have opened fire on soldiers in waters off ...