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The Taiwanese government confirmed Thursday that the Trump administration is selling $11 billion worth of arms to the democratically governed island.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks as the next archbishop of New York, plucking an apolitical administrator from his native Illinois to lead the nation's most influential Catholic diocese.

The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China.

Some oil vessels are diverting away from Venezuela after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a "total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers" entering or leaving the South American country, a dramatic escalation in the White House's ...

The Chinese Communist Party exploited Energy Department programs to gain access to taxpayer-funded research that has fueled the Chinese military, including its nuclear weapons, according to an investigation by a congressional committee.

The U.S. Army is moving toward the adoption of a revolutionary new warfare communications system by engaging in futuristic field testing with private companies that are tweaking the platform in nearly unprecedented fashion based on feedback from ...

The phone of a Belgian woman who went missing on a hike on the Australian island of Tasmania was found by independent searchers. Local police are now joining the hunt.

The Chinese lab blamed for sparking the coronavirus pandemic has lashed out with a lawsuit against Sen. Eric S. Schmitt, saying he has ruined Wuhan's reputation and needs to pay for it -- to the tune of roughly $50 billion.

Congress passed the annual defense policy bill on Wednesday, sending the latest authorization for how the Defense Department can spend its $901 billion budget to the president's desk.

Myanmar's military government has charged more than 200 people with violating the Southeast Asian country's voting law ahead of a general election at the end of the month, keeping up pressure on opponents of the polls.