A World War II bomb was defused in the western German city of Hanau on Wednesday. "The bomb has been defused," authorities ...

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Orange County, N.Y. Executive Steve Neuhaus is in Los Angeles, and says pictures can't fully convey the scope and impact of seeing wildfire damage​ firsthand.

Fighting has intensified in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have captured key towns and are advancing towards ...

A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect on Sunday, with the first six-weeks of the deal ushering in a pause to fighting, the staggered release ...

Some told how they have been forced to move seven times to take heed of Israeli evacuation orders over the past 15 months.

After the Los Angeles wildfires destroyed Dave and Jen Miner's Palisades home last week, a new ketubah helped the couple "get ...

Los Angeles officials have told most evacuees from the wildfires to stay ... Venezuela wracked in recent days by a deadly turf war among dissident rebel groups. A South Korean court has rejected ...

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Los Angeles officials have told most evacuees from the wildfires to stay away from their ... growing region bordering Venezuela wracked in recent days by a deadly turf war among dissident rebel groups ...

Most of the population of 2.3 million people have been displaced and much of Gaza is in ruins. The war was triggered by a Hamas attack on southern Israel on Oct 7, 2023, in which 1,200 people were ...