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It was known as the "secret war," but the covert campaign the Kennedy administration waged against Fidel Castro in the years after the Bay of Pigs rivaled open warfare in …

Some opponents of Donald J. Trump are seeking recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, states where his margin of victory was extremely thin.

Australia says it is attempting to extradite from Turkey a man suspected of being a high-profile Australian recruiter for the Islamic State movement. The government described Neil Prakash, also known …

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Multiple police departments in California hide GPS devices on packages to track down thieves or "porch pirates," criminals who swipe packages from porches.

The federal government on Friday revealed plans to shut the largest camp in North Dakota where protesters have gathered for months in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a l...

Police and military personnel arrested 50 people in a massive operation in the capital suburb of Naucalpan, Mexican authorities said Friday.

President-elect Donald Trump is continuing to assemble his administration.

The Arctic Resilience Report compiled by experts working with the Arctic Council states that the observed rate of change in regards a number of indicators in the Arctic is faster than ever before and is accelerating, thr...

Soon after the election, I was one of those arguing that Republican electors should vote for someone other than Donald Trump when the electoral college convenes on December 19. My contention was simply that Trump is fund...

The President-elect tweeted his reaction to the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro early Saturday with a simple message. "Fidel Castro is dead!" the Commander-in-Tweet wrote. It was Donald Trump's first tweet in nearly...

More than a month after formally accusing Russia of attempting to influence the United States' presidential selection process, the White House on Friday discouraged challenges to the legitimacy of the election. "The Krem...

The state election board of Wisconsin agreed Friday to a recount of presidential votes at the request of the Green Party's candidate, Jill Stein. "We demand voting systems that are accurate, secure, and accountable to th...

South Korea is seeing its biggest wave of street demonstrations in decades but nobody is sure how many people are taking to the streets each week. For the fifth-straight weekend, …

President Obama urged Hillary Clinton to concede to Donald Trump on the night of her devastating loss, it was reported Friday. Obama made the call as Clinton and her campaign were watching the election slip away from the...

The death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro sparked widely divergent reactions Saturday as news spread of the aged communist's demise. Russian President Vladimir Putin called Castro an "inspiring example for many co...

At least 11 people killed in a car bomb attack on a police checkpoint next to a busy market in the Waberi district.

A top South Sudan official says the government has accepted to have with "no conditions" an increased peacekeeping force as mandated by the U.N.

Thousands of people have taken part in street protests across Burundi in support of the government's opposition to United Nations investigators who are looking into alleged human rights abuses in the east African country...

Fidel Castro's death comes at a time of great uncertainty for Cuba, and about how Raúl Castro will steer the country.

Records reveal student complaints against Johnthony Walker, who faces vehicular homicide in crash that killed six children

Pakistan's military and officials say a group of militants have attacked a mosque at an army facility in northwest Pakistan, triggering a shootout in which four insurgents and two soldiers were killed.