The release of living Israeli hostages from Gaza has begun, according to the Red Cross. Nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israel will also be freed as part of the first crucial phase ...

Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo shut their doors Sunday as the government shutdown enters its third week, the ...

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on an idyllic South Carolina island has left four people dead and at least 20 injured, ...

Major stocks markets across Asia Pacific region sank Monday amid mounting fears of a renewed trade war between the world’s two largest economies, after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose ...

Ares” revved up to gross about $33.5 million at the domestic box office, notching the top spot for the weekend.

What began as a standoff over spending priorities around enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies has turned into a full-blown ...

The families of 16 victims killed in a devastating blast at a Tennessee explosives plant have been notified of their loss, as ...

The pain is deepening. But Republicans and Democrats are only becoming angrier and more estranged over a government shutdown with no end in sight.

Humans are living 20 years longer than they were in 1950, according to new research with all 204 countries and territories ...

The Trump administration is bailing out Argentina in a move critics are saying has more to do with politics than economics or ...

Omri Miran was kidnapped when Hamas gunmen broke into his family’s home in kibbutz Nahal Oz and abducted him in front of his ...

Madagascar’s presidency said on Sunday that “an attempted illegal and forcible seizure of power” was underway in the African ...