UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U. N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to terminate the U. N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of 2026 after nearly five decades, bowing to demands from the United States and its close ally Israel. UNIFIL was created to oversee the withdrawal...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s recent focus on crime in Washington D. C. and other big cities came as views of his handling of immigration — the early focus of his second term — had been souring, a new analysis by The Associated Press shows. Trump's approach to crime is now a a...

Authorities are working to learn the motive of the shooter who fired into a Minneapolis Catholic school's church during Mass, killing two children and injuring 17 worshippers. Officials identified the shooter as Robin Westman, 23, and said Thursday that Westman was a former student at Annunciation...

The White House says the director of the nation’s top public health agency has been fired after less than one month in the job, and several top agency leaders have resigned, saying President Donald Trump's administration is putting politics in the way of keeping Americans safe. Susan Monarez and...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — France, Germany and the United Kingdom moved Thursday to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, further isolating Tehran after its atomic sites were repeatedly bombed during a 12-day war with Israel. The process, termed a by the who...