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The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency said a major Ukrainian atomic power plant is relying on emergency diesel generators after being without off-site power for two weeks.

Fighting erupted early Thursday between government forces and militias on the outskirts of Somalia's southwestern city of Baidoa, with reports of heavy gunfire and civilians fleeing their homes.

A new GAO report says the Secret Service ignored dozens of security incidents, including repeated drone sightings near presidents and candidates, because agency policy never required staffers to explain why they weren't making changes.

The Pentagon is leveraging its most powerful authorities to put missile production on "wartime footing" now that the U.S. war against Iran has burned through a significant amount of munitions.

The Pentagon is leveraging its most powerful authorities to put missile production on "wartime footing" now that the U.S. war against Iran has burned through a significant amount of munitions.

U.S. counterintelligence agencies are ill-suited to confronting new and increased foreign threats from China, Russia and other adversaries, a panel of experts told the House intelligence oversight panel on Wednesday.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported arresting 50,925 illegal immigrants in August, setting a new all-time monthly record.

The Chinese military is developing weather modification weapons, based on civilian meteorological controls, for future use on the battlefield, according to a think tank report.

A suggestion that Russia should bomb Berlin -- a new verbal sucker-punch from the Kremlin's designated provocateur-at-large, Dmitry Medvedev -- is the latest volley in Russia's ever-growing hybrid war on Europe.

Dan Driscoll said his last full day as U.S. Army secretary was Wednesday, but his social media post offered no explanation for why he is stepping down after 18 months as the service's civilian leader.