DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel and Iran exchanged fire early Wednesday as Tehran kept up its pressure on the region’s oil industry, hitting a ship in the Strait of Hormuz and targeting ...

Iran fired missiles and drones at targets across the Gulf including oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and a ship off the coast of the Emirates, while Israeli and the United States struck targets ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s ultraconservative José Antonio Kast takes office as president Wednesday in what will mark the Latin American nation’s most pronounced shift to the right since the return ...

The Lebanese mother of two had just awakened to prepare the pre-dawn meal before another day of fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when Israeli warplanes began attacking ...

FIFA said Tuesday night that it anticipates Iran’s national team will be allowed to come to the United States, even with war going on between the countries, and compete in the ...

It’s Wilt, then Bam. Bam Adebayo had a night for all time on Tuesday, with a point total second to only Wilt Chamberlain in the NBA record books. Adebayo scored 83 points, ...

North Carolina has the fifth greatest impact on the history of the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments, a study has found.

Wake County school leaders are exploring new technology aimed at improving safety around schools while also discussing a possible bond referendum that could help fund future construction and ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the newly renovated PlayWELL park at the Poe Center in the Raleigh. The park is themed around health science and opened in 2004. Since ...

Another opposition lawmaker in Canada has defected to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s governing Liberals, all but assuring he will soon have a majority government. Opposition New ...

A section of Interstate 95 north in Cumberland County is expected to be closed for five hours after a crash, the North Carolina Department of Transportation said.

Bam Adebayo scored 83 points, the second-best scoring effort in NBA history, to carry the Miami Heat to a 150-129 win over ...