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Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Europe needs to purchase locally made weapons and free itself from the current U.S.-backed security framework.

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there's a revival around the world, a trend that has been given a big boost by war in the Middle East ...

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed an order Thursday reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a win for pro-cannabis groups who have sought to expand research and further alleviate the stigma for pot smokers.

President Trump said Thursday that the U.S. Navy will "shoot and kill" any boat that lays mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway at the heart of his conflict with Iran.

Judges at the International Criminal Court on Thursday confirmed crimes against humanity charges against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he allegedly oversaw while in office.

Two trains collided in Denmark early Thursday, leaving five people critically injured in what police called a major incident.

Communities that have historically built their infrastructure around married families are feeling the shift most acutely: couples retreats, small groups organized by life stage, children's programs, and leadership roles that quietly assume a spouse.

The U.S. military on Thursday seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil, ratcheting up a standoff with Iran a day after its paramilitary Revolutionary Guards took control of two vessels in the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

Montgomery County police said they arrested four people involved in two illegal street takeovers, including one who shot two people during a car rally in a grocery store parking garage in Kensington, Maryland.

Iranian lawmakers said Thursday the Islamic republic has begun collecting fees from commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, even as traffic through the crucial waterway grinds to a halt.