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A British national admitted Thursday evening in a federal courtroom near the nation's capital that he played a leadership role in an Islamic State scheme to torture, hold for ransom and eventually behead American hostages.

When Yousef's wife and their four children boarded a July 15 flight in San Diego to attend her brother's wedding in Afghanistan, they were looking forward to a month of family gatherings. It was long overdue the coronavirus pandemic prevented them from t...

Florida is reporting its deadliest peak in daily death rates since the start of the pandemic, surpassing previous coronavirus surges in the state, according to federal data published Thursday.

The British government said on Friday it was planning to make pet abduction a criminal offence in England after a rise in the theft of animals, especially dogs, during the COVID19 pandemic.

A Michigan man accused of creating a bomb hoax at the Trump International Hotel near the Las Vegas Strip told authorities he wanted to send a message that former Republican President Donald Trump ruined his life, according to an arrest report.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the US was working with the Taliban on a “very narrow set of issues”, and it was just to get as many people out as they possibly could.

The first batch of BioNTech SE's COVID19 vaccine arrived in Taiwan on Thursday, after months of heated political and diplomatic wrangling and helped by the involvement of two of the world's most important tech firms. Taiwan has blamed China, which clai...

The senior leaders discussed items of mutual interest, including the current security environment in Pakistan and the region, Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. Dave Butler said in a readout of the call.

Gregg Leakes, the husband of The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star NeNe Leakes, has died. He was 66.

When a light came on in the laundry room in Byron Lambert's house at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, he awoke with a start, thinking he had a burglar. Then he quickly realized what he saw was cause for celebration: The power was back.

The top Taliban leader, who is one of the front-runners in the yet-to-be-formed Taliban regime in Afghanistan, also clarified their stand on Kashmir.

United States President Joe Biden said withdrawing the troops from Afghanistan to end the 20-year war was the best and the right decision for America. He said there was no reason to continue in a war that was no longer in the service of the vital nationa...

AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN-CHALLENGES-TIMELINE Timeline. Afghanistans new Taliban rulers face tough economic and security challenges as they return to power in a country that is vastly different from the one they left 20 years ago. The following digital embed i...

Countries neighboring Libya wrapped up their meeting Tuesday in Algeria, with calls for foreign fighters and mercenaries to be pulled out from the conflictstricken North African nation.

Backers of a measure that would change Seattles approach to homelessness are appealing a judges decision that blocked it from the November ballot.

He warned against repeating mistakes of the past, saying abandoning Afghanistan is not an option as it will have serious consequences.