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KABUL, Afghanistan — In a few hours, Afghanistan's polls will open for parliamentary elections. Voting in Kandahar province was postponed for a week after an attack Thursday left several top Afghan officials dead. Gen. Scott Miller made a surprise appearance Friday…

A powerful European Ariane 5 rocket blasted off from French Guiana late Friday and boosted a pair of satellites into space for a seven-year plunge into the inner solar system, a voyage requiring seven planetary flybys to slow down enough…

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, then-Apostolic Nuncio to United States, listens to remarks at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting, Nov. 16, 2015, in Baltimore. AP VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican ambassador who accused Pope Francis of…

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to review the asylum claims of at least 60 parents and children who were separated at the border as a result of the Justice Department's short-lived "zero tolerance" policy. Attorneys for the…

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan steams in the Philippine Sea during joint military training between the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, in this handout photo taken November 20, 2017.  Navy/Handout TOKYO -- A U.S. Navy helicopter…

SYDNEY -- Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan are using their tour of Australia to bring attention to causes close to their hearts. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spent time with surfers focused on mental well-being on Sydney's famous Bondi…

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is denying a report that Turkish officials shared with him an audio recording and transcript of the alleged murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who went missing over two weeks ago after…