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Somali pirates are again stalking commercial shipping in the Indian Ocean, but this time they are not operating alone. U.S. and regional security officials warn that pirate gangs are coordinating with Iran-backed Houthi militants and terrorist groups ...

The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more than half their workers over concerns it will jeopardize safety and jobs, raise shipping rates and consumer prices,

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has been given a final chance to turn over the 2.5 billion pounds ($3.25 billion) that he promised to give victims of Russia's war in Ukraine from the sale of Premier League club Chelsea, the British government ...

A woman who allegedly pushed razor blades into loaves of bread at two Biloxi, Mississippi, Walmart stores was arrested on Tuesday.

Welcome to exhausted America 2025: Most adults are more than a little fine with doling out cash as gifts, and many plan to be asleep before midnight on New Year's Eve, according to a new AP-NORC poll.

A private equity firm owned by President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is no longer backing Paramount's hostile acquisition bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, the firm confirmed Tuesday.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all "sanctioned oil tankers" into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country's authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro.

The sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine could have hobbled Moscow's war effort from the start had they been applied more strictly and with better cooperation from the West, according to a 2024 Nobel laureate from the Massachusetts Institute ...

Howard Stern will spend another three years on SiriusXM, telling listeners Tuesday that he's "figured out a way to have it all."

The U.S. stock market is holding nearly in place on Tuesday following mixed data on the economy's strength, which did little to clear uncertainty about where interest rates may be heading.