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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that the conflict in Iran was seen by President Trump as a historic "opportunity" -- and tap-danced away from his previous statements that he sought $200 billion in ...

Thousands of passengers aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line vessel were trapped on their ship for up to nine hours Tuesday after a customs screening process at the Port of San Francisco ground to a near-standstill -- the result of broken facial ...

U.S. officials on Thursday insisted that the economic pressure from the Navy's blockade of Iranian ports will force Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, relieving the global economic pressure that has spiked energy prices over the past two months.

A peace initiative to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has been effectively "frozen" by the Turkish government, a top militant commander said on Thursday.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic lawmakers in Congress for a second day Thursday, rejecting senators' accusations that the Iran war was launched without evidence of an imminent threat and waged with no coherent strategy.

Terrorism is skyrocketing across the troubled African continent, with almost 24,000 deaths in 2025 blamed on terror-related violence --a 24% increase over the previous year, according to recently released statistics.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Republicans have urged their Democratic colleagues to agree to extend the expiring federal surveillance law for another 45 days, but one Democrat wants a shorter extension under one condition.

When water trucks motor into their neighborhood, the Abu Daqqa family scrambles to hose what they can into dented plastic jerry cans marked with their name.

Disneyland has rolled out facial recognition technology at the entrances to its Anaheim, California, theme parks, a move the Walt Disney Company says will deter fraud and make re-entry easier for guests -- but one that has drawn fresh scrutiny from ...

President Trump nettled Iran on Thursday by posting an illustration that relabeled the Strait of Hormuz as the "Strait of Trump."