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The White House on Thursday defended the U.S. decision, rejecting criticism from both China and France over the deal.

There is no doubt that a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan poses a direct threat to our national security interests and that of our allies and partners both in the Middle East and in Central Asia, Rubio said.

West Africa's main regional bloc on Thursday imposed sanctions against the junta in Guinea and those slowing Mali's postcoup transition its toughest response yet to a run of military takeovers.

The United States should not accept Afghan refugees, including translators and others who helped the American military during the 20year war, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jim Lamon said, staking out a hardline stance against a group of immigrants that...

An attorney representing the Republicancontrolled Arizona Senate told a judge Thursday that the longdelayed review of 2020 election results in the state's most populous county will be released next week.

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was for years known primarily for rising from political obscurity in rural Illinois to spending eight years in the nations thirdhighest office. Then came a federal indictment in a hushmoney case centered on sex abu...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed into law a pledge to eliminate the state's climatedamaging carbon emissions within a quartercentury, including money to keep cleanpower nuclear plants running while shuttering coalfired plants.

Schools opened on September 1 and synagogues are set to welcome worshippers, with some restrictions.

Few voting issues were reported on the final day of voting in California's recall election Tuesday, but unsubstantiated reports from GOP party leaders threatened to hamper Republican turnout in the closely watched contest seeking to oust the Democratic g...

Mehdi Torabi's 90thminute goal took last year's beaten finalists Persepolis into the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League on Tuesday as the Iranian side beat tournament debutants Istiklol 10 in Dushanbe.

Chicagos City Council agreed Tuesday to pay a total of $20.5 million to two of at least a dozen men who have had murder convictions dismissed after being allegedly framed by the same police detective.

Melania Trump was at the White House during the insurrection, overseeing a photo shoot of a carpet she had installed.

A 12footlong alligator believed to have attacked a Louisiana man in Hurricane Ida floodwaters two weeks ago was captured and killed Monday, and authorities found human remains in its stomach.

Fox News is reviving the longrunning TV series COPS for its Fox Nation digital site as part of a pitch to entice police, firefighters and other first responders to sign up for the service.

Apple released an emergency software patch to fix a security vulnerability that researchers said could allow hackers to directly infect Apple devices without any user action.

Argentines flocked to the polls on Sunday in congressional primaries that represent an acid test for the centerleft Peronist government of President Alberto Fernandez as the COVID19 pandemic and rising poverty have weakened its popularity.