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President Trump on Wednesday personally greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping upon his arrival in the United States to kick off a state visit and three days of talks between the two superpowers.

The powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee does not share President Trump's enthusiasm for the state visit this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The Pentagon said Wednesday that more than two dozen communities near military installations will receive grants from a $230 million fund to support each base's mission.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington is shining a light on the harsh realities of life under communist rule.

The Colosseum in Rome was closed to visitors for the day Wednesday after a worker died on site Tuesday night.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian cast the joint U.S.-Israeli war as an illegal and destructive venture that will ultimately fail in a defiant speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a closed-door meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the U.S. General Assembly on Wednesday as the Kremlin's war in Ukraine threatens to engulf Europe.

The Army on Wednesday identified an officer who died last month in Qatar.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants colonels and Navy captains seeking promotion to one-star rank to undergo a battlefield-style assessment before they can become a general or admiral.

Iran's president said Wednesday that his people have been "victims of terrorism" by the United States, delivering a rare wartime speech at U.N. General Assembly a day after President Donald Trump said he could "annihilate" the Islamic republic.