Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned Thursday on the heels of President Donald Trump's plans to withdraw troops from Syria, citing irreconcilable policy differences in a move that took Washington by surprise. "Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are...

The European Union is investigating a possible leak of information after a report that hackers targeted the bloc’s diplomatic communications for several years.  “We are aware of the allegations and actively investigating the issue,” said the bloc in a statement. ...

At least 26 elephants died, 11 others are suspected to have been poisoned in a wildlife reserve in southwestern Kenya in three months, a new report revealed on Wednesday. Released by the Mara Elephant Project (MEP), the report said the cause of the deaths in the Maasai Mara National...

The sentencing for former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, scheduled for Tuesday morning, was unexpectedly postponed after a federal judge said Flynn’s conduct left him with “disgust,” and indicated he was considering a prison sentence — even though prosecutors had...