Lawmakers have included nearly $400 million in a massive federal government spending bill to help safeguard U.S. voting systems from cyber-attacks, three sources familiar with negotiations said Wednesday. The spending package, expected to be publicly unveiled on Wednesday, includes $380...

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party was approached by consultancy Cambridge Analytica, but did not take the proposal forward, a spokesman for May said Wednesday. "An approach was made and the party decided not to take that forward," May's political spokesman said. He...

A suicide blast in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday killed at least 26 people, officials and local media reported. Nusrat Rahimi, deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, confirmed a suicide bomber targeted a Nevruz [Spring Festival] gathering in the capital’s Karta-e-Sakhi...

A U.S. counterterrorism official says dogs sniffing for explosives will be deployed soon to inspect laptops and mobile phones of passengers flying to the United States from Jordan, Egypt and Morocco. The additional checks will be handled in Jordan by a U.S.-trained K-9 unit - part of...

Iraq has detained or imprisoned at least 19,000 people accused of connections to Daesh (ISIS) or other terror-related offenses, and sentenced more than 3,000 of them to death, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. The mass incarceration and speed of guilty verdicts raise...

Russia's foreign minister threatened Wednesday to retaliate against Britain for "anti-Russian measures", with the two countries at loggerheads over the poisoning of a spy in southern England. Speaking after a meeting with Japanese counterpart Taro Kono, Sergey Lavrov said: "If the...

France's Nicolas Sarkozy faced a second day of questioning on Wednesday by investigators looking into allegations that his 2007 election campaign had received funds from late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Sarkozy, president from 2007 to 2012, was seen by a Reuters photographer leaving...

Some of the 110 schoolgirls abducted from the Nigerian town of Dapchi last month were brought back on Wednesday, two witnesses said. The witnesses said the girls were returned by people they thought were Islamist militant insurgents from the Boko Haram group. Thy did not say how many...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was placed in custody Tuesday as part of an investigation into allegations he received millions of euros in illegal campaign financing from the regime of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. A judicial source with direct knowledge of the case told the...

Producers of the Netflix drama "The Crown" apologized Tuesday to actors Claire Foy and Matt Smith over the revelation that Foy was paid less than her male co-star. A producer disclosed last week that Foy, who starred as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, was paid less than Smith, who played...

Government efforts to protect state and local elections from Russian cyberattacks in 2016 didn't go far enough, leaders of the Senate intelligence committee said Tuesday as the panel released recommendations to safeguard against foreign meddling in the 2018 primary season that's already...

U.S. stocks are mixed Tuesday as energy companies climb with oil prices and banks move up along with interest rates. Facebook is dropping again following reports the Federal Trade Commission will investigate its handling of user data and Oracle is plunging after releasing disappointing results...

The Federal Reserve began its two-day policy meeting Tuesday which is expected to produce the first of at least three increases in the key interest rate this year. With economic forces gathering that are likely to fuel inflation in 2018, the central bank could raise the benchmark...

The pop culture sensation "Black Panther" has set another record: most tweeted about movie ever. Twitter said Tuesday that Ryan Coogler's box-office smash has been tweeted about more than 35 million times. That pushes it ahead of the previous record-holder, "Star Wars: The Force...

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that Iran had defused all regional threats against the country, as tension rises between Tehran and Washington over the influence of the Islamic Republic in the Middle East. In an Iranian New Year message, Khamenei did not specify...

The European Union pushed Tuesday for an urgent investigation into revelations that a firm working for Donald Trump presidential campaign harvested data on 50 million users. EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova, who has called the breach "horrifying", was meanwhile to seek clarification...

Iraqi President Fuad Masum on Tuesday said his country was looking forward to improved ties with Russia “in the interests of both countries”. In a congratulatory message to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the occasion of the latter’s reelection, Masum said Iraq was keen to...

China targets to create over 13 million jobs in 2018, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday. According to the country’s official Xinhua news agency, Li said the minimal target was 11 million, but the Chinese government will work hard to reach the aim. More than 66 million...

Israel plans to revoke the permanent residency of 12 Palestinians in East Jerusalem for alleged involvement in “terrorist” activity, according to the country’s interior minister. In a statement on Tuesday, Arye Dery said he was considering the move after the Knesset (Israel’s...

Diplomats expelled from the Russian embassy in London began leaving the building with their families and luggage on Tuesday, AFP journalists witnessed. Britain has thrown out 23 Russian diplomats over the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia on...