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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has reportedly blocked a request from US President Donald Trump to allow US forces to use UK air bases during any preemptive attack on Iran, owing to concerns it ...

Team USA’s Alysa Liu made history as she won gold in the women’s figure skating, becoming the first American to win a gold medal in 24 years in the event.

Beneath southern Poland, the Wieliczka Salt Mine has transformed from a medieval industrial powerhouse into a surreal underground world of chapels, sculptures and salt-lined tunnels visitors can taste ...

As Russian tanks rolled over the border, rumors that Volodymyr Zelensky had fled Ukraine were rife. Then he posted a grainy video of himself standing in the dark in front of the presidency building.

The Trump administration plans to double down on targeted immigration enforcement, taking Tom Homan’s playbook in Minneapolis and applying it to multiple cities nationwide, according to current and ...

Many people in Springfield, Ohio — home to some 12,000 Haitian immigrants — expect the city to be a target of ICE’s next major surge. Despite threats of violence, some churches are preparing to offer ...

The current flu season has seen the highest rate of doctor’s visits for flu-like symptoms since the US began collecting data through a national surveillance network. CNN is tracking these case rates ...

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that served as a “war machine” in an army sent to invade the Roman Republic.

President Donald Trump is weighing whether the United States should attack Iran, a country that controls both the third-largest proven oil reserves on Earth and one of the world’s most important oil ...

Lawmakers who oversee the Department of Homeland Security say the agency has repeatedly stymied their requests for information in recent months, with even some Republicans alleging they’ve had phone ...

The average price of a dozen eggs at the grocery store is $2.58, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s more than half of what many consumers were paying a year ago.