The Persian Gulf and Iraq are just the latest flashpoints in a geopolitical battle involving the US, Israel, Iran and now Russia.
Tensions are high between the US and China after the Asian nation let its currency sink and halted purchases of US farm goods. Some experts warn the trade war between the two countries could seriously harm the global economy if it continues to head downhill.
Walnut Grove, Minnesota, celebrates the 45th anniversary of the first broadcast of the iconic television series, "Little House on the Prairie."
Israel is helping Africa connect to the rest of the world thanks to a new satellite soaring into space.
Researchers at Tel Aviv University say they have developed a new vaccine for melanoma, the most aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer.
The US State Department revised its definition of anti-Semitism to include comparing Israel's government to the Nazi regime.
Roughly 400 pastors and faith leaders will descend on Lynchburg, Virginia later this week as two major evangelical forces unite together in the beginning efforts of a 2020 national ground game aimed at restoring Judeo-Christian principles across the country and mobilizing an evangelical army of pastors to lead the way.
A fisherman some 20 miles away from Hiroshima, Japan, described it as a tremendous thunder, but few within two miles from where the bomb hit reported even hearing the blast. After the Enola Gay dropped the first of two atomic bombs that killed over 100,000 people instantly, little was left standing after the explosion except for the shells of buildings and a nearly 400-year-old bonsai tree that now lives in Washington, DC.
Stocks closed broadly higher Tuesday as Wall Street regained its footing a day after the market had its biggest decline in a year.
On Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence called the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio over the weekend "acts of pure evil" and said he and his wife Karen "join every American praying for the injured and their families in their hour of need."