1846: Oregon territory When Britain and the United States signed the Oregon Treaty ... Alaska became the 49th state in 1959. The U.S. has 16 territories in areas of the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean.

According to the UN, territories are removed from the list once they have achieved independence or following a change of ...

The U.S. has 16 territories in areas of the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean. People living in U.S. territories are citizens of ...

President Donald Trump’s long-standing fixation on expanding the United States — refusing to rule out acquiring the Danish territory of Greenland and the Panama Canal by military coercion and ...

Vance said Greenland has the right to self-determination — and said he did not expect that the United States would forcibly annex the territory. "I think that you'd be a lot better ...

UNHCR's office in Washington covers the United States and 18 countries and territories in the northern Caribbean. UNHCR identifies and interviews refugees particularly in need of resettlement in the ...