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Between 2015 and 2022, a criminal group used numerous pharmacies across the United States to charge medical insurance companies an astounding $2 billion for fraudulent prescriptions.

A brother of Ecuador’s most notorious drug lord was killed on Sunday by gunmen who had disguised themselves as police officers.

President Trump marked the 250th birthday of the United States Saturday night with a speech paying tribute to the “glory” of America while vowing to protect it from the “cancer” of communism.

Victor Henrique de Oliveira Shimada has been sanctioned by the United States over an alleged laundering network linked to the PCC.

President Donald Trump has criticized and mocked many of his European counterparts who are expected to attend next week’s NATO summit in Turkey.

With strong support from both U.S. Republicans and Democrats, legislation is advancing in Washington, D.C., to create a task force to fight the criminal syndicates running global online scams.

An aspiring MAGA influencer, who speaks with an indistinct European accent and specializes in spreading conspiracy theories, appears to have close personal ties to Russia—in the form of an FSB officer who fought for the Wagner Group.

US President Donald Trump announced that American automakers Ford and General Motors, along with other companies, may soon begin producing weapons for the US Army.

Frank Ssekamwa states that the United States confronted his country with an impossible decision. Accepting the terms of a new health agreement would require Uganda to grant the U.S. access to the data of millions of his fellow citizens — a decision he fears could make their personal information more susceptible to breaches and potential exploitation.

The United States and Iran reached a preliminary peace agreement on Sunday to end three and a half months of war in the Middle East, according to an announcement by Pakistan, whose prime minister said the agreement will be signed next Friday in Switzerland.

Europe’s STOXX 600 hit a record high on Monday, boosted by a relief rally across most sectors after the United States and Iran reached a preliminary agreement that would open the Strait of Hormuz and end the three-month-long war in the Middle East.

A U.S. judge in Manhattan sentenced a Russian woman to 14 months in prison after she pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about her ties to Russia’s FSB and committing naturalization fraud linked to a prostitution scheme.

In the early 1960s, American children lined up for the world’s first measles shots, but it took almost 40 years of strengthening immunization programs before the notorious contagion was so effectively controlled that a panel of experts declared in 2000 that the United States had eliminated measles within its borders.

Every method the United States adopts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz – whether through force, sanctions, or a treaty – hastens the structural decline that led to its closure.

For three months, the Strait of Hormuz has been closed. Iran shut the narrow channel that lies between its coast and Oman when this year’s war with Israel and the United States started on February 28, blocking a waterway that carried approximately a fifth of the world’s oil and gas. Prior to the war, about 138 ships passed through it each day.

On Thursday, the United States reaffirmed that its diplomats were still in Kyiv despite Russia’s increasing threats, rejecting a claim by the European Union’s top diplomat that Washington had evacuated the Ukrainian capital.

The United States and some European countries seem to have ignored a Russian warning for foreign nationals to leave Ukraine’s capital before intensified attacks on the city. Analysts suggest the threat arises as battlefield momentum may be starting to shift in Ukraine’s favor.

The United States is establishing a quarantine facility in Kenya for Americans who have been exposed to Ebola or infected with the deadly disease, multiple officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine called on President Trump and Congress to increase deliveries of Patriot missile systems in a letter written on Memorial Day, warning that Russia is planning an expanded campaign of ballistic missile attacks against Ukrainian cities.

As the United States engages in conflict with Iran, it is rapidly depleting its stockpiles of advanced weapons and ammunition, including Tomahawk, Patriot, and Precision Strike missiles.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Monday that her government has consented to host the Iranian national soccer team in Mexico during the World Cup, noting that the United States was unwilling to accommodate the team.

“The sweet couple” — U.S. citizen Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Ukrainian citizen Maryna Levkovych-Ilyina-Ginzburg — are wanted by international law enforcement authorities for fraudulent online casino schemes.