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U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is visiting Cyprus to show commitment to resolving its ethnic division

6:00 AM on Tuesday, July 28

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Romania is taking a new approach to drones entering its airspace by shooting them down

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The United Nations reports that cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan has killed nearly 500 civilians in Afghanistan and wounded over 1,000 others between October and June

12:42 AM on Tuesday, July 28

Nearly 40 years after Italy abandoned nuclear power following the Chernobyl disaster, Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government is laying the groundwork for a return to atomic energy

12:10 AM on Tuesday, July 28

The U.N. refugee agency is marking the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention

7:00 PM on Monday, July 27

The Trump administration is preparing to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs designed to counter China’s growing influence worldwide

5:36 PM on Monday, July 27

Former Vice President Kamala Harris has endorsed Maine's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Troy Jackson, who became the party's nominee over the weekend

4:43 PM on Monday, July 27

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission

3:03 PM on Monday, July 27

2:44 PM on Monday, July 27

U.S. diplomats walked out as their French counterparts spoke at the United Nations after the European ally criticized the Trump administration’s human rights record

2:37 PM on Monday, July 27

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow for now an executive order targeting mail-in voting

2:11 PM on Monday, July 27

His lawyer says Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Wu Chi-wai has been granted permission to stay in the U

11:41 AM on Monday, July 27

President Donald Trump is calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to keep senators in Washington until they pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill

11:37 AM on Monday, July 27

Federal prosecutors have moved to dismiss a charge against a labor union leader who was arrested while protesting against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in California

5:47 AM on Monday, July 27

President Donald Trump says his economic policies have revived the auto industry and American manufacturing

11:08 PM on Sunday, July 26

Traffic is flowing across a new bridge over the Detroit River that will serve as a critical route for trade and tourism between Canada and the U.S. The bridge is named for Gordie Howe, a native of Canada who famously played hockey for the Detroit Red Wings