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A postcard belonging to a World War I soldier whose body was found with five comrades during an excavation has helped reunite distant descendants more than a century after his death on the Western Front.

A sailor based in Norfolk, Virginia, will spend 44 years in federal prison after he was sentenced Tuesday for unpremeditated murder in the strangulation death of a female sailor he worked with, Navy officials said.

President Trump signed a Republican-backed $70 billion immigration enforcement package Wednesday to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection through the duration of his presidency.

Iran launched new rounds of missiles and drones overnight at three of its regional neighbors in apparent retaliation for U.S. airstrikes from Tuesday.

President Trump said Wednesday that Iran is taking too long to negotiate a peace deal and will "pay the price."

An American diplomat was found dead in Myanmar's largest city, the U.S. State Department said, and members of the diplomatic community in Yangon say a Thai woman has been detained by police in connection with the investigation.

Fans who hear the whirring sound of a drone over a stadium might see it as a nuisance but law enforcement has long viewed those aircraft as a potential weapon of mass destruction.

A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and providing support that led to the deaths of three American soldiers.

The U.S. launched what it called "self-defense strikes" against targets in Iran on Tuesday in response to the downing of a military helicopter earlier in the day, according to U.S. Central Command, which called the operation a "proportional response ...

House Republicans on Tuesday passed the party's $70 billion immigration enforcement funding package, sending it to President Trump for his signature.