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A simple refrain is being constantly directed at Afghans who have lived in Pakistan for decades: “When will you leave?” The question is a sign of mounting pressure by ordinary Pakistanis on Afghan refugees in recent months.

President-elect Donald Trump is embarking on the massive undertaking of creating a new administration as a circus-like atmosphere unfolds around his building in Manhattan.

President-elect Donald Trump's ambitious proposal to expand the Navy and other branches of the military would be a massive boost to Hampton Roads should it come to pass.

Tu De, a 16-year-old from Hanoi, spent most of 1966 learning how to fly fighter planes in the Soviet Union. Tu De, a 16-year-old from Hanoi, spent most of 1966 learning how to fly fighter planes in the Soviet Union. Capt. Pete Peterson, a 10-year Air Force veteran, passed up a potential deferment that year, kissed his pregnant wife and children goodbye, and headed off to bomb enemy routes in Vietnam

Hillary Clinton blamed the renewed FBI inquiry into her State Department email system for blunting her momentum in the presidential election and the closure of that inquiry two days before Election Day for energizing voters for Donald Trump.

Turkish opposition groups protested Saturday in Istanbul after the Interior Ministry shut down 370 civic groups on terrorism-related charges — organizations that included professional associations and women's and children's rights groups.

For months, Islamic State group fighters drove thousands of civilians on forced marches across the Nineveh desert into the small town of Hamam al-Alil. Retreating ahead of methodical Iraqi advances on Mosul's southern approach, IS fighters converged here, rounding up men, women and children for use as human shields and killing dozens of others.

The death toll from a bomb blast at a Sufi shrine in southwest Pakistan Saturday has risen to 50 people with more than 100 wounded, officials said.

While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is spending millions to reinforce the jetties around the mouth of the Columbia with large riprap boulders, the agency has turned to natural gravel beaches to protect the dunes, with promising results after three years of monitoring.

Some of DODEA-Europe's best volleyball, football players square off in Kaiserslautern, forming bonds with former foes.

Albanian police say they have arrested a former rebel fighter in Syria and found an explosive device and ammunition at his home.

Prince Harry says Sydney will host the 2018 Invictus Games and is urging wounded military athletes to "bring it."

As a Civil War history buff with a strong interest in local history, Streator resident David Reed couldn’t turn away from a story about a soldier who was wounded while trying to save a flag during the siege of Jackson, Miss.

As the nation thanked its veterans on Friday, some of those in line for one of Evansville's unique displays of gratitude wanted to make sure that the sacrifices made by generations of the county's military were not forgotten on days not marked as special holidays.

In a "60 Minutes" interview scheduled to air Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump shifted his position on Obamacare, saying he would try to preserve key parts of the healthcare act, and also praised Hillary Clinton as "very strong and very smart."

A Schofield Barracks soldier says he lost four teeth and sustained other permanent injuries when an e-cigarette blew up in his face.

For county Gold Star Mothers Gina Barnhurst and Kelly Swanson, who both lost sons in Iraq in 2006, Friday's dedication of the Maryland Gold Star Families Memorial Monument was a comfort — and a relief.

On a turkey hunt last spring, Mark Wieseler and Brian Petzoldt hosted military veterans,Unfamiliar with using a turkey call, the veterans watched and listened as Petzoldt, a Winside, Nebraska veteran, called out to attract the birds. By the end of the trip, the two rookie turkey hunters had not only tried the call themselves, but had become pretty good at it and were having a great time. a couple of whom had never been turkey hunting before.

A concert by British pop legend Sting is marking the reopening of the Paris' Bataclan concert hall one year after suicidal jihadis turned it into a bloodbath and killed 90 revelers with automatic weapons and explosive belts.

Four Americans were killed Saturday in an attack on the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said. An apparent suicide bomber was responsible for the attack, which killed two U.S. servicemembers and two contractors, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a statement. In addition, 16 other American servicemembers and one Polish soldier were wounded.

Amnesty International says as many as 30,000 people in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos are homeless after their community was set ablaze and demolished this week.

As protests of President-elect Donald Trump entered another day, police in Portland, Oregon, say one person was shot by a man who had gotten into a confrontation with a protester.

A massive veterans reform bill backed by the Department of Veterans Affairs will face resistance in Congress’ lame-duck session starting Tuesday from a group intent on letting the new Republican-controlled Senate and President-Elect Donald Trump have a say in how expeditiously VA employees can be fired.

The man heading the Trump transition team's Social Security effort is Michael Korbey, a former lobbyist who has spent much of his career advocating for cutting and privatizing the program.

Tom couldn't sleep. After six years in the U.S. Navy, he found himself in the civilian world unable to readjust from his time on a ship, when a commanding officer would often wake up the sailors every few hours. He tried prescription sleep aids, but nothing really worked until he smoked some weed.