TOKYO — Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defense ...

Authorities report that nine people have died and at least 10 others are injured after a shooting at a South African pub ...

From department stores to grocers, many companies across the U.S. close early on Christmas Eve and shut their doors entirely on Christmas Day — while others opt to cut back hours ...

North Korea displayed apparent progress in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media photos showing a ...

Three more offices are planned to open in Wake, Cabarrus, and Brunswick counties, with the Brunswick office expected to open in February.

Avatar: Fire and Ash” opened with $345 million in worldwide sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, notching the ...

As it has done for the past 70 years, NORAD, or the North American Aerospace Defense Command, is tracking the jolly elf.

UNION COUNTY, N.C. — Union County Public Schools has opened the School Choice Lottery for families. Families can apply for ...

A dozen U.S. senators are calling on the Justice Department’s watchdog to examine the department’s failure to release all records pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by last Friday’s ...

The government of Trinidad and Tobago says it will allow the U.S. military access to its airports in upcoming weeks as ...

Sudan’s prime minister is proposing a wide-ranging peace initiative to end a nearly 1,000-day war with a rival paramilitary ...

A Kremlin envoy says peace talks on a U_S_-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine are proceeding “constructively” in Florida, while the Ukrainian president said they were moving ...