The Pentagon was actively working to determine who fired two missiles from Yemen targeting a US Navy destroyer in the Red Sea, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
President Barack Obama sought Tuesday to reinvigorate his call for the U.S. to send humans to Mars by the 2030s, showcasing budding partnerships between the U.S. government and commercial companies to develop spacecraft capable of carrying out the extraterrestrial mission.
An Afghan official says at least three gunmen wearing military uniforms have attacked a Shiite shrine in Kabul and taken an unknown number of people hostage.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he will not abrogate a defense treaty with the United States but questioned its importance and that of joint combat exercises, which he says only benefit America.
The case of a man who spent 48 years as a fugitive before being found in a small Connecticut town is set to return to court, where officials are expected to place him under the supervision of a state parole officer.
The U.N. health agency on Tuesday recommended that countries use tax policy to increase the price of sugary drinks like sodas, sport drinks and even 100-percent fruit juices as a way to fight obesity, diabetes and tooth decay.
The halls of a high school that lost four students in a fiery crash over the weekend were quiet Tuesday as classes resumed for the first time since a driver traveling the wrong way on an interstate clammed into the students' car, killing five teens altogether.
Prosecutors say a Bandidos biker gang leader has pleaded guilty to racketeering, drug trafficking and extortion charges in Texas and faces up to life in federal prison.
Researchers have unveiled the genetic landscape of carcinosarcomas (CSs), some of the most deadly tumors in ovarian and uterine cancers, and they say their findings may aid in the development of new treatments.