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Vice President J.D. Vance is traveling to Des Moines to campaign for Republican Rep. Zach Nunn, who faces a competitive race to hold his seat in the November midterm elections.

Vice President J.D. Vance heads to Iowa on Tuesday, marking his first visit since taking office to the state where Republicans in less than two years will cast the initial votes to pick their party's next presidential nominee.

An explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, state media reported Tuesday, prompting the halting of all firework manufacturing near the site.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to travel to Beijing Tuesday, marking his first meeting with his Chinese counterpart since the start of the war with the U.S. and Israel.

A top Iranian official accused the U.S. of violating the ceasefire in the Middle East with its blockade of Iranian ports.

The Supreme Court on Monday sped up its final judgment in last week's Voting Rights Act case, giving Louisiana a bit of a boost as it rushes to redraw its congressional map before November's election.

At least three members of the Metropolitan Police brass will reportedly be fired from their roles after they were linked to a scheme in which officials manipulated statistics to downplay crime in the District.

Alberta separatists said Monday they have formally submitted almost 302,000 signatures to try to trigger a referendum on the province leaving Canada.

Doris Fisher, who co-founded the iconic clothing chain The Gap Inc. in 1969 with her late husband Don, has died. She was 94.

Two female opposition lawmakers in Mauritania were sentenced Monday to four years in prison after insulting the president and making claims of racial bias, their lawyers told The Associated Press, in the West African nation long criticized by rights ...