The median U.S. household income rose last year, its first significant annual increase since 2007, and helped push down the number of people living in poverty to 43.1 million, federal government data released on Tuesday showed. About 29 million people did not have health insurance in 2015,...

The UN has sent 20 humanitarian aid trucks to Syria from Turkey after the U.S.-Russia-brokered cease-fire came into effect across the country, according to security sources. Security sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, said 20 aid trucks...

Luxembourg's foreign Minister Jean Asselborn has demanded that Hungary should be excluded from the European Union for its "massive violation of EU fundamental values". In an interview with German daily Die Welt on Tuesday, Asselborn criticized Hungary's treatment of refugees as well as Prime...

Saudi-led airstrikes on a water well north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa have killed 30 people, the UN human coordinator for Yemen has said.  Jamie McGoldrick said 17 people, including first responders and children, were injured in Saturday’s attack in Beit Saadan village of Arhab...