While much of the political world is focused on Iowa and its caucuses Monday kicking o ff the election season, President Donald Trump has his...

Democratic presidential candidates promised voters in Iowa on Saturday they would unify the party to take on U.S. President Donald Trump even as they kept...

When ISIS terrorists stormed the Bataclan theatre in Paris and opened fire on a rock concert audience, Georges Salines lost a daughter, Azdyne Amimour a...

A flurry of newly released emails from scientists and top officials at the federal agency responsible for weather forecasting clearly illustrates the consternation and outright...

A Harvard University professor was charged Tuesday with lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program and concealing payments he received from the Chinese...

Nearly 200 American citizens airlifted from China in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak arrived on Wednesday (Jan 29) at a US military base in...

The period between exposure to the new coronavirus that originated in China and symptoms is 5.2 days on average, but varies greatly among patients, according...

Historians in Germany have released previously unseen photos of the Nazi Sobibor death camp, including what they believe are images of John Demjanjuk, who was...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pompeo's battle with National Public Radio and tweeted out more media criticism, one...

The US on Tuesday recovered the remains of two people from an American military aircraft that crashed in Afghanistan, and was in the process of...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman said the Israeli leader will ask his Cabinet on Sunday to approve his plan to annex parts of the West...

U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Middle East plan Tuesday, winning immediate praise from a beaming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but a swift...

An outbreak of heavy fighting in northern Yemen over the past two weeks threatens to unravel months of work to build a peace process and...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called a general election for September, in a vote that will test whether her widespread popularity overseas is...

Britain's Prince Andrew has provided “zero cooperation” to the American investigators who want to interview him as part of their sex trafficking probe into Jeffrey...

The French edition of the Michelin Guide, the bible of gastronomy, for the first time in its history awarded the highest rating of three stars...

The US Forces in Afghanistan said on Monday that the Taliban were probably not behind an American military plane crash in Afghanistan’s mountainous Ghazni province.But...

Nearly 500 migrants are stuck aboard search and rescue ships in the Mediterranean after aid groups said on Monday they had rejected offers to return...

With Brexit just days away, Britons are fighting over the chimes of Big Ben. And the White Cliffs of Dover are a battleground.As the United...

Rockets struck the US embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday, injuring at least one member of staff at the embassy.Three of five...

Parman Romonov and Kaim Abdijew were Soviet prisoners of war captured by the Nazis. Their dates of birth and death are recorded, but nothing else...

The Des Moines Register newspaper endorsed Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren in the crowded race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination late on Saturday, a coveted...

U.S. President Donald Trump told a then-top aide in August he wanted to freeze security aid to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into...

Walmart Inc. is testing out a higher minimum starting wage for certain jobs in hundreds of stores as part of a broader overhaul of roles...

Tens of thousands of Iraqis marched peacefully through Baghdad on Friday to demand the ouster of U.S. troops from their country in a protest organized...

Halfway through a dinner at the Trump Hotel, U.S. President Donald Trump can be heard giving the order to remove the U.S ambassador to Ukraine,...

U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to stand with anti-abortion activists Friday as he became the first sitting president to speak at the March for Life,...

Clashes erupted Saturday between protesters and security forces in the Lebanese capital, as hundreds of people hit the streets to mark 100 days of anti-government...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling on the world to take "concrete actions" against the International Criminal Court ahead of a possible war-crimes case...

Over the years, "Star Trek" has been responsible for inspiring real world innovations from tablet computers to needleless injection devices and real time translators.Now, the...

Women with technology skills are still at risk of being excluded from jobs in the fastest growing careers of the future such as artificial intelligence...

The Pentagon disclosed on Friday that 34 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran's missile strike this month on an Iraqi air base,...

Democrats worked methodically at U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Thursday to dismantle his long-standing allegation that Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden acted improperly...

On Jan. 21, after U.S. President Donald Trump ended his speech at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, one of the reporters...

Mexican authorities on Thursday adopted tougher measures against Central American migrants, detaining 800 of them who had entered Mexico illegally from Guatemala intending to reach...

Helicopters were searching on Thursday to locate an air tanker feared to have crashed while fighting bushfires in Australia's alpine region, authorities said, as soaring...

Hillary Clinton criticized the campaign of her former Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders in a new documentary in which she says he was an ineffective...

The International Court of Justice on Thursday (Jan 23) will rule on a request for emergency measures by Gambia, which has filed a case against...

At least one person was killed and five others wounded in a shooting during the evening rush-hour at a Seattle shopping district on Thursday and...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's led a “spectacular” turnaround of the U.S. economy and urged the world to invest in America, but...

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate rejected Democratic efforts on Tuesday to obtain evidence and call witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, an early sign the...

Four young activists including Greta Thunberg told those gathered at the World Economic Forum that they were not doing enough to deal with the climate...

A new type of therapy using faeces and fake rubber hands may be able to help patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) overcome their fears...

Greenland’s medieval Norse society vanished from the Earth in the 15th Century after they hunted walrus populations to near extinction, researchers said on Jan. 6...

The US government is calling on Lebanese security forces and demonstrators to refrain from violence and the authorities to protect the right to protest after...

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Monday designated Elyes Fakhfakh as Prime Minister, after the fractured Parliament this month rejected a government proposed by an earlier...

More than 470 million people worldwide are currently unemployed or underemployed, the U.N. said on Monday, warning that a lack of access to decent jobs...

More than 22,000 armed gun-rights activists peacefully filled the streets around Virginia's capitol building on Monday to protest gun-control legislation making its way through the...

Foreign powers agreed at a summit in Berlin on Sunday to shore up a shaky truce in Libya, but the meeting was overshadowed by blockades...

Thousands gathered in cities across the country Saturday as part of the nationwide Women’s March rallies focused on issues such as climate change, pay equity,...

Britain's Prince Harry spoke on Sunday of his sadness at being forced to give up his royal duties in a deal with Queen Elizabeth and...

Libyan rival camps and their foreign backers will attend a summit in Berlin on Sunday to discuss ways to end a proxy war over the...

US President Donald Trump gave a minute-to-minute account of the US drone strikes that killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani in remarks to a Republican...

Thunderstorms and giant hail battered parts of Australia's east coast on Monday after "apocalyptic" dust storms swept across drought-stricken areas, as extreme weather patterns collided...

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Saturday the Oval Office requires a wartime veteran, a niche he occupies exclusively in his party's race for the...

Police are scouring the internet for clues about plans for mayhem, workers are putting up chain link holding pens around Virginia's picturesque Capitol Square, and...

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will no longer be working members of Britain's royal family and they will not use their "royal highness" titles...

Heavy clashes broke out on Saturday in downtown Beirut between protesters and the riot police, causing at least 100 injuries, TV channel MTV reported.The clashes...

President Donald Trump has assembled a made-for-TV legal team for his Senate trial that includes household names like Ken Starr, the prosecutor whose investigation two...

The Supreme Court will consider allowing the Trump administration to enforce rules that allow more employers to deny insurance coverage for contraceptives to women.The justices...

The United States on Friday slapped sanctions on another senior Iranian official over a crackdown on protests but said Tehran appeared to be following through...

A pinch in the leg, a squeal and a trickle of tears. One baby after another in Malawi is getting the first and only vaccine...

The Russian parliament overwhelmingly backed President Vladimir Putin’s surprise choice for prime minister on Thursday after what one daily called a “January revolution,” a major...

 Greece announced on Wednesday to set up a new Ministry of Migration and Asylum in a bid to effectively address the continuing refugee, migrant influx.Notis...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), opened the first African Drone and Data Academy in Malawi's capital Lilongwe, aimed at promoting the use of drones...

In a dramatic procession across the U.S. Capitol, House Democrats carried the formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate late Wednesday,...

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a constitutional overhaul Wednesday to boost the powers of parliament and the Cabinet, a move signalling Putin’s intention to carve...

Guatemala swore in Alejandro Giammattei, a conservative physician opposed to gay marriage and abortion, as its new president Tuesday while the country's outgoing leader exited...

The Libya peace talks may have broken down after a day but Russia and Turkey, who sponsored a ceasefire, seem determined to pursue a deal...

Streaming video service Netflix Inc. will have another chance to snatch the movie industry’s top prize from Hollywood’s traditional film studios at next month’s Academy...

Australia’s unprecedented wildfires are supercharged thanks to climate change, the type of trees catching fire and weather, experts say.And these fires are so extreme that...

As water shortages, high temperatures and rising greenhouse gas emissions threaten food production, countries around the world are looking somewhere new for solutions — the...

A massive explosion at a petrochemical plant in northeastern Spain on Tuesday killed one person and injured at least nine others, three seriously, regional authorities...

A political poll showed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s popularity declined sharply as his government grappled with a bushfires crisis that has killed 28 people...

French and West African heads of states paid tribute Monday to French soldiers killed in Mali, in a symbolic ceremony ahead of a summit aimed...

A political poll showed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s popularity declined sharply as his government grappled with a bushfires crisis that has killed 28 people...

Queen Elizabeth II and other senior British royals were gathering for a meeting Monday with Prince Harry in an attempt to solve the crisis triggered...

US defense secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S....

A huge plaza, covered almost entirely by a glass roof and capable of holding 2,000 people, will open around the base of the Shinjuku Sumitomo...

An emergency alert of an unspecified incident at the Pickering nuclear generating station east of Toronto Sunday morning was sent "in error," according to Canada's...

A crippling French transport strike dragged into its 39th day on Sunday despite the government's offer to withdraw the most contested measure of the pension...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo congratulated Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on her election on Saturday and lauded her for seeking stability with China “in...

President Donald Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced off Sunday ahead of his impeachment trial, as she said senators will “pay a price” for blocking...

West Virginia reported unusual cyber activity targeting its election systems. The Texas governor said the state was encountering attempted “attacks” at the rate of “10,000...

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives will send formal impeachment charges against U.S. President Donald Trump to the Senate as early as this week, House...

EU foreign ministers backed away on Friday from any immediate response to Iran’s decision to intensify its enrichment of uranium, instead repeating their call for...

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, say they plan “to step back” as senior members of Britain’s royal family, a stunning announcement that underscores the...

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday the United States wants to de-escalate tensions with Iran, but the country is ready to finish any...

Authorities in Australia will begin five-day campaign to kill thousands of camels in the country as they drink too much water amid the wildfires.  The...

Iranian forces fired missiles at military bases housing the US troops in Iraq on Wednesday in retaliation for the US killing of top Iranian general...

Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after a series of earthquakes killed at least one person, toppled buildings and...

Bolstered by cooler weather and desperately needed rain, exhausted firefighters in Australia raced to shore up defenses against deadly wildfires before the blazes flare again...

Iran’s ancient and rich cultural landscape has become a potential U.S. military target as Washington and Tehran lob threats and take high-stakes steps toward a...

A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 passengers crashed on Wednesday (Jan 8) due to technical problems soon after taking off from Iran's Imam Khomeini...

Britain’s opposition Labour Party will announce its new leader on April 4, about four months after suffering a bruising defeat in the general election.The party...

Former Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, candidate of the top opposition party the Social Democrats, will be Croatia’s next president, the results of the presidential election...

Venezuela’s socialist government installed a new head of Congress on Sunday after armed troops blocked opposition legislators from entering parliament, a move condemned by dozens...

Across snow-covered North Dakota, U.S. farmers are stuck with fields full of weather-damaged corn — a crop they planted after the U.S.-China trade war killed...

The quality of air in Australia’s capital was the worst of any major city in the world on Monday as smoke drifted in from fires,...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Saudi deputy defence minister Khalid bin Salman on Monday to address the wave of escalation in the...

The heavy smoke from devastating Australian bushfires cloaked Auckland, turning the city's skyline into eerie orange color on Sunday afternoon.New Zealand meteorology service MetService forecast...

A drunk driver ploughed into pedestrians in an Italian Alpine village on Sunday, killing six German tourists and injuring 11 other people, emergency services said. The...

Pressure against the US in Iraq ramped up on Sunday (Jan 5), as rockets hit near the American embassy and parliament demanded the ouster of...

Mexico City’s new ban on plastic bags has inspired visions of a journey back in time even as local makers of the packaging worry they...

The unprecedented killing of Iran’s top general in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq has sent shockwaves across the Middle East, with Iran and its allies...

Skies turned black and ash rained down as fires raged across southeastern Australia on Saturday (Jan 4), threatening power supplies to major cities and prompting...

Tens of thousands of Iraqis, many chanting "Death to America", Saturday mourned a top Iranian commander and others killed in a US drone attack that...

Nearly 175,000 people remain displaced in Jakarta and nearby towns, after flash floods and landslides killed at least 53 people, amid some of the heaviest...

US president Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Iran on Saturday, threatening to hit dozens of targets in the Islamic Republic “very fast and...

The US Senate remained at a stalemate on Friday (Jan 3) over how to proceed with the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, as the...

The Australian Navy on Friday began evacuating around 1,000 people stranded on the east coast of the fire-ravaged country as a searing weather front was...

President Donald Trump ordered for the US airstrike in Iraq that killed General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards, in a "decisive...

The year 2019 was a tumultuous one in the opera world, a year in which sexual harassment allegations against superstar Placido Domingo prompted his disappearance...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo posted a video on Twitter Thursday, which he said showed Iraqis "dancing in the street" after the United States killed...

Two men have been shot in the parking lot outside a Walmart in Tennessee, and one of the victims had life-threatening injuries, authorities said.The shooting...

Nearly 400,000 babies were born around the world on New Year's Day with India recording the highest number of these births worldwide at 67,385, the...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is "deeply concerned" that North Korea has indicated it could resume nuclear and missile tests, a UN spokesman said on Wednesday...

Thousands of tourists have been given less than 48 hours to evacuate fire-ravaged coastal communities as Australia braces for a heatwave on Saturday expected to...

There’s no way to sugarcoat this news: Nearly half of American adults will be obese within a decade and one-quarter will be severely so, a...

Thousands of tourists and residents in an Australian seaside town hunkered down in public buildings or waded into water at the seafront on Tuesday as...

A road crash in Egypt killed six people, including tourists from India and Malaysia, and injured at least 24 others Saturday, security and medical sources...

US President Donald Trump on Monday said gun laws in the state of Texas saved lives when a church security officer shot dead a gunman...

Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade that will be remembered for the rise of social media, the Arab Spring, the #MeToo...