The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the “colonization” of minerals and the “lust for power” in Equatorial Guinea

U.S. stocks are ticking higher after UnitedHealth Group and other big companies showed they’re making even bigger profits than analysts expected

Regional officials say the United States and Iran have signaled they will hold new ceasefire talks in Islamabad

Trump says administration is weighing a currency swap with UAE to help bolster finances of Mideast ally rattled by war

The Defense Department says U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia

Virginia voters are deciding on a mid-decade redistricting plan that could help Democrats gain four more U.S. House seats

Japan is scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation with defense partners

The British ex-civil servant behind the decision to approve Peter Mandelson’s appointment as U.K. ambassador to Washington says he felt political pressure to rush through the appointment despite security concerns