Israeli officials told The Associated Press that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. There was no immediate comment from the U.S. or Iran on his status. The assassination Saturday of the second leader of the Islamic Republic, who had no designated successor, would throw its future… Read moreIsraeli officials say Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead. No word from US or Iran

When ICE officers in Minneapolis detained a 5-year-old boy and his father last month and sent them to a Texas detention center, many Americans were alarmed. But he was hardly an outlier. ICE has been holding hundreds of children and their parents at the Dilley detention facility, many for we… Read moreWorms in food, poor medical care, lights on 24/7: Families tell of life in Texas detention center

World leaders are responding cautiously after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran raised fears of a wider war. European leaders held emergency meetings and moved to protect citizens in the Middle East. Britain, France, and Germany urged the U.S. and Iran to restart talks. They condemned Iranian… Read moreWorld leaders react cautiously to US and Israeli strikes on Iran as fears grow of a wider war

Pakistan’s military has struck deeper into Afghanistan as border fighting intensifies and both sides claim to have inflicted heavy losses. On Saturday, Pakistani officials said their artillery and air power hit Afghan military sites and killed more than 300 Afghan forces. Afghanistan rejecte… Read morePakistan carries out airstrikes inside Afghanistan as 'open war' on border continues

Russia on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as “a preplanned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state,” demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a return to diplomacy. Read moreRussia condemns US-Israel strikes on Iran as 'unprovoked act of armed aggression'