US and Japan hold joint flight drills as China ups military activity near Japan

The Japanese air force and U.S. military conducted the exercise, emphasizing their resolve to prevent unilateral changes by ...

Noem links the seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela to US antidrug efforts

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday linked the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela to the Trump administration’s counterdrug efforts in Latin America as tensions ...

Treasury Secretary Bessent calls for looser regulations for the US financial system

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is proposing to overhaul a regulatory panel that monitors the ...

Venezuelan Nobel laureate credits Trump for pressuring Maduro with ‘decisive’ actions

Machado left Venezuela at a critical point in the country’s protracted crisis, with the Trump administration carrying out deadly military operations in the Caribbean and threatening repeatedly to ...

Hiker mired in quicksand in Utah’s Arches National Park is rescued unharmed

Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker ...

EU pushes Ukraine membership bid forward despite Hungary’s objections

Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 as a war-divided island and could offer Ukraine a blueprint for accession. The island will take over the EU’s rotating presidency from Denmark on Jan. 1 and has promised ...

Denmark plans to severely restrict social media use for young people

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — As Australia began enforcing a world-first social media ban for children under 16 years old this ...