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Saudis say they will defend themselves, as Trump warns Iran

Saudi Arabia does not want war but will not hesitate to defend itself against Iran, a top Saudi diplomat said Sunday after ...

Lawyer: 17 wounded in prison where US-Nicaraguan man killed

Seventeen people who were arrested in previous anti-government protests were wounded in a prison disturbance in which a ...

The Latest: FM says Iran is committed to nuclear deal

The latest on developments in the Persian Gulf region and elsewhere in Mideast amid heightened tensions between the U.S.

Dana Zzyym

9 states side with intersex Coloradan seeking US passport

Nine state attorneys general asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to allow an intersex Colorado resident to get a ...

Ex-Congressman Weiner leaves halfway house

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner left a New York City halfway house on Tuesday after completing his prison sentence for illicit ...

Mark Lenzi

Diplomat joins athletes in pledging brain for research

A U.S. diplomat who said he suffered headaches and memory loss under mysterious circumstances while stationed in China ...

Hillary Clinton

Clinton: GOP must choose 'rule of law' or 'rule of Trump'

Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the struggles between President Donald Trump's administration and the U.S. House will ...

Pompeo meeting with Merkel cancelled over 'pressing issues'

A planned meeting in Germany between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chancellor Angela Merkel was canceled at the ...

The Latest: Biden expects Trump attacks on him and family

The Latest on the Democratic candidates running for president (all times EDT): 9 p.m. Former Vice President Joe Biden is ...

'Everyone was her sister': Woman killed at synagogue honored

Lori Kaye is believed to have shielded her synagogue's rabbi from a gunman's bullets in a heroic move that epitomizes the ...

US raises travel warning after Sri Lanka suicide bombings

The U.S. State Department has issued a heightened travel warning for Sri Lanka after last Sunday's suicide bombings that ...

Ex-State Department worker pleads guilty in China spy case

A former State Department employee who held a top-secret clearance pleaded guilty Wednesday to misleading investigators about ...

US eases effects of sanctions on Iran's elite guard force

The Trump administration on Wednesday granted important exemptions to new sanctions on Iran's Revolutionary Guard, watering ...

Ashraf Ghani, Mike Pompeo

US voices disappointment at delay in Afghan talks

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Afghanistan's president over the weekend to express Washington's disappointment ...

Bahrain king reinstates citizenship of 551 amid mass trials

Bahrain's king on Sunday reinstated the citizenship of 551 people convicted and stripped of their nationality amid a series ...

Thousands protest in Sudan capital, demand civilian rule

Tens of thousands of protesters converged on the main sit-in in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on Thursday to pressure the ...

NKorea says it tested new weapon, wants Pompeo out of talks

North Korea said Thursday that it had test-fired a new type of "tactical guided weapon," its first such test in nearly half ...

Ivanka Trump, Sara Abera

Ivanka Trump promotes women's empowerment in Ethiopia

Far from the din of Washington, Ivanka Trump toured businesses run by women in Ethiopia on Sunday while promoting a White ...

Trump wields presidential power on pipeline, energy projects

Eager to jump-start the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline and other energy projects, President Donald Trump has acted to ...

The Latest: Quito arrest part of Assange probe

The Latest on the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London (all times local): 5 a.m. Friends of a Swedish ...