Applications for US unemployment benefits jumped last week to the highest level in almost four years, indicating layoff activity may be on the rise amid a sharp slowdown in hiring. Initial claims rose by 27,000…

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda will take in migrants deported from the U.S. under certain conditions according to a new agreement reached with the U.S. Details of the deal’s implementation are still being worked out by…

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Russia held its Victory Day parade this year, hackers backing the Kremlin hijacked an orbiting satellite that provides television service to Ukraine. Instead of normal programing, Ukrainian viewers saw parade footage beamed in…

WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on July 7, according to Israeli and U.S. officials, as the administration urges its ally to…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched missile attacks Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites and escalating tensions in the volatile region. U.S.…

Russian President Vladimir Putin isn’t likely to meet U.S. counterpart Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the near future, the Kremlin said a day after Kyiv and Moscow held another round of inconclusive…

ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — NATO foreign ministers on Thursday debated an American demand to massively ramp up defense investment as the United States focuses on security challenges outside of Europe. At talks in Antalya, Turkey,…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. federal government’s central human resources office will begin deploying artificial intelligence to clean up its personnel records this year, marking the boldest public move yet into using the technology on sensitive…

Russian and U.S. officials were holding a fresh round of talks in Turkey, after a prisoner swap in which Moscow released detained American Ksenia Karelina. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a post…

President Donald Trump has warned American farmers that his escalating tariff policies will disrupt their markets and urged them to prepare for increased domestic sales. “To the Great Farmers of the United States: Get ready…