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When Microsoft's nascent Bing chatbot turns testy or even threatening, it’s likely because it essentially mimics what it learned from online conversations, analysts and academics said. Tales of disturbing exchanges with the artificial…

The United States and Saudi Arabia are trying to move beyond a public spat last year that saw strategic ties hit a nadir, as Western and Persian Gulf security concerns align over the threat from Iranian drones, diplomats and regional…

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was in Estonia on Thursday, where the United States and NATO allies have increased force numbers as part of a push to deepen defenses across NATO’s eastern flank. VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb…

The United States successfully concluded recovery efforts off South Carolina on Thursday for debris from the suspected Chinese balloon shot down by a U.S. fighter jet on February 4, the U.S. military said in a statement Friday.  "Final…

The United States struck additional key blows against the Islamic State terror group, removing a couple of senior leaders from the battlefield in two separate nighttime helicopter raids in northeastern Syria. U.S. Central Command…

Editor's note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch. Aid efforts ramp up in aftermath of earthquakes  As hopes fade for finding survivors under the…

Nearly 50 lawmakers from both major political parties of the United States on Friday attended the start of Europe's premier annual security conference to affirm bipartisan support for U.S. aid to Ukraine. Four delegations of Democratic…

After days of speculation about the origins of the unidentified flying objects that U.S. fighter jets shot down over Alaska and Canada last week, an Illinois-based club for balloon hobbyists might have an answer. The Northern Illinois…

A lone gunman killed six people including his ex-wife and stepfather Friday at multiple locations in a tiny rural community in northern Mississippi, a local sheriff said, leaving investigators searching for clues to what motivated the…

US President Joe Biden is gearing up to mark the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a speech in neighboring Poland on Tuesday, where he will reiterate the US commitment to support the defense of Ukraine 'for as long as it…