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Clergy groups in Minnesota are asking a federal judge to order ICE to allow in-person pastoral visits for immigrants held in ...

Iran’s new supreme leader issued another purported statement without video or audio, oil prices remain volatile, and thousands more US Marines are deploying to the Middle East. Follow for live news ...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake revealed at the 80th UNGA session that his government declined a US request ...

Why America needs Israel as its strongest ally: military power, intelligence capabilities, and shared values make the case ...

The annual Future of U.S. & China Conference took place on Thursday, January 22, 2026 in downtown San Francisco, with limited virtual offerings for Seattle. For the eighth consecutive year, Asia ...

It would mean 60,000+ district workers — teachers, counselors, nurses, bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria workers — would ...

Today, the DPRK is actively supporting global aggression. It has supplied Russia with ballistic missiles, artillery, ...

Maine faith groups are pushing for a state security grant program as fears rise and federal help feels unreliable ...

Israel killed the one man in Iran willing to talk to Washington. Trump has no exit, no allies, and no plan. And somehow, nobody in the room seems to have noticed who actually wrote this script.

Ali Larijani, Iran's national security chief and a key figure in the Islamic Republic's leadership, was killed in an Israeli airstrike. His death raises critical questions about Iran's future ...

Parties from the BRICS countries want to send observers to the Russian State Duma elections in the fall of 2026, United Russia told Izvestia. In addition to them, political forces from Belarus, ...