Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te in his inauguration speech has urged China to stop its military intimidation against the self-governed island Beijing claims as its own territory.

Niger's decision to kick out American forces dealt a blow to U.S. military operations in the Sahel. U.S. troops and some gear already have begun leaving the country.

The state-run IRNA media outlet reported that the aircraft carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and other senior officials went down as the president returned from an event on the border with Azerbaijan.

Jim Grazio, PhD, PA Dept. of Environmental Protection checking out starry stonewort in the lagoons of Preque Isle State Park.

Ed Dwight, a former Air Force test pilot who was passed over to become an astronaut in the 1960s, described his flight aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard as "life changing." ...

Facing potential headwinds with both young voters and Black voters, President Biden's Morehouse College commencement address ...

Stefanik spoke before a caucus of Israel's parliament focused on antisemitism on college campuses around the world. She called for Hamas to be wiped "off the face of the earth." ...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country's foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, were declared dead Monday in a helicopter crash, Iranian state media reported. There were other senior ...

Iranian state media reported Monday that rescuers have located the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and other top officials, with Iranian state television saying there is "no sign of life" ...

Iranian state media is reporting that a helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and other top officials suffered a "hard landing" Sunday, with no immediate word on casualties. The state-run IRNA ...

There's trouble in the town of Bad Göodsburg! A wishing well has stopped working! NPR's Tamara Keith talks with Jess Hannigan ...

An Israeli airstrike killed 20 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, on Sunday, as fighting raged and Israel's leaders aired divisions over who should govern Gaza after the war.