Nation/World

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans controlling the House are divided over whether to fund the government for a couple of months past a December deadline to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's top military leader told Congress Thursday that the United States would consider dispatching a modest number of America...

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. government now patrols nearly half the Mexican border by drones alone in a largely unheralded shift to control des...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A political gambit by an endangered Senate Democrat broke loose long-stalled legislation to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeli...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is getting near-daily reports — and sometimes two or three a day — of drones flying near airplanes and helicopters or...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A frigid blast of air is moving into the mainland U.S. thanks to a powerful storm that hit Alaska with hurricane-force winds ...

BEIJING (AP) — An uneasy handshake Monday between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe marked the first meeting between...

MOSCOW (AP) — With the Russian ruble in a nosedive under the pressure of Western sanctions and slumping oil prices, the country's central bank decided...

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) — Prosecutors said Monday their application to appeal against Oscar Pistorius' manslaughter conviction and five-year p...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The prime ministers of Serbia and Albania pledged Monday to put their differences aside and focus on their mutual desire to jo...

BEIJING (AP) — Putting a bright face on the future of U.S. ties to China, President Barack Obama announced Monday that the two countries would start g...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Their rout complete, Republicans are celebrating sweeping victories from North Carolina to Colorado. The GOP's success, however, may...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man surrendered in Oregon after police say he killed his girlfriend, posted gruesome photos of her body and the crime scene on...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The remains of a 20th Century Fox executive who disappeared more than two years ago have been found in a rural desert area of South...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An abducted woman's fighting spirit likely helped keep her alive until law enforcement agents rescued her and arrested her alleged...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister has emphasized there will be no change in the status of a contentious Jerusalem holy site amid spiking tensio...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A weakened President Barack Obama and emboldened Republican leaders in Congress began adjusting to a new political dynamic Wednesday...

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian man rammed a minivan into a crowded train stop Wednesday in east Jerusalem and then attacked people with an iron bar af...