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Iranians are suffering as economic misery and internal repression leave "no room for people to breathe" after 1 1/2 years of wars and ongoing U.S. sanctions, the country's most prominent human rights activist has told The Associated Press.

The Trump administration has started building the border wall through a west Texas section of the Big Bend region, marking the first major construction in an area of the U.S.-Mexico border where the administration's plans have met heavy opposition.

The U.N. General Assembly is launching into its yearly meeting of world leaders, a week of diplomacy, dealmaking, speechmaking - and lingo.

Denmark's government was cautiously optimistic on Saturday about President Trump's announcement of a deal on Greenland to bolster U.S. military presence there but keep the island under Danish control, following months of threats by the U.S. president ...

The war grinds on and oil prices certainly remain volatile. But the most dire projections have not yet come to pass six months into a conflict that has no end in sight.

President Trump said the U.S. has reached an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that would give the U.S. "permanent control over security and all other needs" in the Danish island territory.

ICE said its pursuit of electrified shock gloves is meant to be a less violent option for officers and agents seeking to gain control of unruly individuals, reducing the need to use a Taser, baton or pepper spray.

New artificial intelligence technology is being used in the hunt for missing Americans in past wars, an investigative group announced Friday on National MIA/POW Recognition Day.

U.S. troops reported seeing an unidentified flying object in Middle Eastern skies in late 2024 and another last year, including an incident in which video footage shows "six small spherical objects" rapidly changing direction and moving at nearly 500 ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday that his lawsuit has shut down a "birth tourism" company that specialized in helping Chinese women game the immigration system and travel to the U.S. to have babies for automatic citizenship.