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U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres on Friday called on the Taliban to immediately halt their offensive in Afghanistan, and warned that "Afghanistan is spinning out of control."

To carry out the evacuation of American staff from its embassy in Kabul, 3,000 US troops will secure the airport, 1,000 will be sent to Qatar for technical and logistical support

Devon and Cornwall Police declared a "critical incident" in the Keyham area of Plymouth early Thursday evening after the shooting.

Haitian authorities have postponed elections to choose the successor to assassinated President Jovenel Mose until Nov. 7, a spokesman for the electoral council confirmed Thursday.

MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell says he was attacked in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Wednesday night.

An explosion on a city bus in southwestern Russia on Thursday injured 16 people, one of whom later died, officials said.

The Taliban seized the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni Thursday, just 150 kilometres (95 miles) from Kabul, their most important gain in a lightning offensive.

Police have confirmed that two members a hiphop group with ties to the multiplatinum rap group WuTang Clan were fatally shot Tuesday in Portland, Oregon.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation Tuesday over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations.

In what was otherwise a rough two weeks in Tokyo for NBC, television viewers responded at least slightly to the U.S. Olympic team's strong performance in the second half of the Games.

Mexico and the United States made progress in bilateral cooperation on Tuesday after talks that were intended to focus on stemming illegal immigration and reopening their shared border, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said.

A mechanic found metal particles in an oil filter during maintenance on a small aircraft before it crashed in Central Texas, killing its pilot, federal investigators reported Tuesday.

Minnesota regulators say there have been more releases of drilling fluid along the Line 3 oil pipeline construction route than previously reported.

After months of holding on to power, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo abruptly resigned Tuesday.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo continued to defend himself from what he said were unfair" and untruthful" sexual harassment allegations on Tuesday, even as he announced he would resign from office.

The parents of an 8yearold girl who was shot and killed near the site where Rayshard Brooks had been shot several weeks earlier said Tuesday they're encouraged by the progress of the investigation after meeting with the district attorney whose office will...