Never tip your hand to the enemy. No timelines for military operations. No free pass for a neighbor who tolerates extremists or enables U.S. foes. President Donald Trump's new Afghanistan strategy contains elements of a broader approach to America's most pressing national security concerns that are consistent with his efforts in ...
A 1,500-year-old mosaic floor with a Greek inscription has been uncovered during works to install communications cables in Jerusalem's Old City — a rare discovery of an ancient relic and an historic document in one. The inscription cites 6th-century Roman emperor Justinian as well as ...
A headless torso found on a beach off Copenhagen has been identified as that of missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who is believed to have died on an amateur-built submarine earlier this month, Danish police said Wednesday. Wall, 30, was last seen alive on Aug. ...
Germany's central bank says it has completed a plan to repatriate gold reserves it stashed abroad during the Cold War three years ahead of schedule. The Bundesbank said Wednesday that 91 metric tons (100.3 tons) of gold had been returned from Paris. The plan, initially expected ...
From a distance, the northern shores of Baffin Island in the Arctic appear barren — a craggy world of snow-capped peaks and glaciers surrounded by a sea of floating ice even in the midst of summer. Yet beneath the forbidding surface of the world's fifth-largest ...
The United States has decided to deny Egypt $95.7 million in aid and to delay a further $195 million because of its failure to make progress on respecting human rights and democratic norms, two sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The decision reflects a ...
U.S. President Donald Trump revved up supporters on Tuesday with a defense of his response to a white supremacist-organized rally in Virginia, and a promise to shut down the government if necessary to build a wall along with the border with Mexico. Under fire for ...
Visitors to the University of Southern California might well be muttering, "What fools these mortals be" as they stroll past a statue of the legendary queen of Troy and notice William Shakespeare's name seemingly misspelled at its base. To USC officials, it's much ado about ...
The Charlottesville City Council voted Monday night to drape two Confederate statues in black fabric during a chaotic meeting packed with residents who cursed at councilors over the city's response to a deadly white nationalist rally. The anger at the meeting, during which three people ...
Scientists on Wednesday unveiled an extinct small species of toothless, whiskered dolphin that plied Earth's oceans some 30 million years ago. With only a fossilized cranium to work with, the researchers were able to reconstruct the snub-nosed mammal's evolutionary saga, describe its facial features and ...
A 103-year-old Cambodian woman who survived starvation, suffering and war in her native land beamed and waved a tiny American flag on Tuesday as she became a United States citizen. Hong Inh was the oldest of more than 10,000 people who took the oath of ...
The wife of U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin apologized on Tuesday after she posted an Instagram photo and comments that were slammed as tone-deaf and elitist. Louise Linton, 36, who is also a Scottish actress, posted a photo to the social network on Monday night ...
President Donald Trump won't pardon former sheriff Joe Arpaio during his visit to Arizona, the White House said Tuesday as supporters and protesters gathered near the site of Trump's latest campaign rally. Outside the Phoenix convention center, shouting matches and minor scuffles erupted between the ...
