"US Navy personnel rescued five mariners Dec. 15 after a fire caused an explosion aboard their vessel, which was smuggling illicit drugs while transiting the Gulf of Oman," the US Naval Forces Central Command, or NAVCENT, said. "Sailors from Sirocc...

France will ban non-essential travel to and from Britain from the weekend to slow the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant that is causing record numbers of cases on the other side of the Channel, the government said Thursday.

The sale includes the singer's recorded music catalog as well as his body of work as a songwriter -- including classic hits such as "Born in the U.S.A." -- sources familiar with the deal told by both media outlets. No public announcement has been m...

As people dealing with addiction increasingly turn to cheaper pills bought online from abroad, President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that makes it easier for the United States to target foreign drug traffickers. The actions "wi...

December 16 is celebrated each year as Victory Day for the moment Pakistani soldiers surrendered en masse to Indian and Bangladeshi forces, bringing an end to the nine-month conflict that claimed as many as three million lives. Veterans who lost th...

Thousands of people in the Philippines fled their homes and beachfront resorts as super typhoon Rai slammed into the country Thursday, with a charity warning the storm could hit coastal communities "like a freight train".

Taking the lead is the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, owned by luxury group LVMH, which has staged two blockbuster shows pulled from Russian collections. Sergei Shchukin's horde of classic paintings brought a record-breaking 1.3 million visito...

A self-described former pro-democracy protestor turned outspoken newspaper editor, Hu helped usher in a new era of brash, assertive nationalism under President Xi Jinping. In a social media post, Hu said Thursday he had stepped down as editor-in-ch...

US authorities released thousands of pages of secret documents Wednesday on president John F. Kennedy's assassination, a case that still fuels conspiracy theories despite the official conclusion he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald.

The Jags have won just two games this season under Meyer, 57, who was a star coach in US college gridiron but has presided over a period of turmoil. "After deliberation over many weeks and a thorough analysis of the entirety of Urban's tenure with ...

Under-fire British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday faced another crucial test of his leadership with a by-election in a constituency always won by his party, where defeat would intensify calls for a new leader.

The opener went to the dinner break of the day-night Test unbeaten on 20 with Marnus Labuschagne not out 16 after a nervy start against some brilliant bowling. The pink-ball clash was rocked less than three hours before the start when Australia cap...

By contrast, the number killed this year -- 46 -- was the lowest since it began issuing annual tallies, due to the relative stabilisation of conflicts in the Middle East. "The number of journalists detained in connection with their work has never b...

Violence and illnesses inflicted first by settlers and later by armed groups forced the Nukak from their homes and into voluntary isolation decades ago, turning them into displaced people living in poverty in small towns in the southeastern Guaviare...

The storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometres (115 miles) an hour as it barrelled towards central and southern regions of the vast archipelago, the state weather agency said. But it warned wind speeds could intensify to 195 kilom...