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The U.S. Air Force has finished modifying and testing a Boeing 747 jet donated by Qatar for temporary use as Air Force One and expects to have it ready for President Donald Trump to use this summer, the service announced late Friday.

The United States is warning shipping companies they could face sanctions for making payments to Iran to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

As the brass band played Bavarian tunes and the villagers drank their beer, watched and cheered, the young men of Kuhbach in southern Germany pushed up their new maypole with long wooden rods until it stood perfectly straight against the sky.

Summer is still a few months away, but the streets of Croatia's old town of Dubrovnik are already teeming with tourists from all over the world. It's usually a sign of a strong season ahead, but this year uncertainty hangs in the air.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Friday ordered the withdrawal of about 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany, days after the German chancellor criticized U.S. strategy in the war in Iran.

A federal appeals court has curtailed access to an abortion-inducing drug by telemedicine appointment and mail, putting on hold a Biden-era policy that had allowed mifepristone to be prescribed online and delivered by post.

An illegal immigrant wanted for murder in another country was set free from immigration detention after ICE failed to tell the Justice Department that it could tell a federal judge about the arrest warrant, government lawyers said.

Federal prosecutors have indicted four Atlanta-area women, two of whom are former U.S. Postal Service mail carriers, with charges related to an alleged $4.9 mail theft scheme.

Sarah Danh, 27, a labor and delivery nurse, is off life support and breathing on her own, according to her uncle. Danh and her husband, Luke Gradl, married in March and flew to Tokyo in April, where she fell ill and was rushed to the emergency room.

The Navy's new autonomous flying fuel tanker completed its maiden flight this week, executing a series of maneuvers and tests for two hours in what officials said was a key step for unmanned carrier operations.