British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been walking a tightrope between satisfying his own Conservative Party members who want few COVID-19 restrictions and public health experts who want more robus...

Dozens of protesters were killed in Kazakhstan in attacks on government buildings and at least a dozen police officers died, including one who was found beheaded, authorities said Thursday. ...

Fire tore through a duplex home early Wednesday in Philadelphia, killing 12 people, including eight children, fire officials said.

Influential government advisers in the United States are strongly urging that teens as young as 12 get COVID-19 boosters as soon as they're eligible, a key move as the U.S. battles the Omicron surge a...

Iran has snubbed yet another deadline set by Canada and its allies to negotiate a settlement for the families of those killed when its military shot down a passenger jet two years ago.

Just two weeks before it was to be held in Park City, Utah, the Sundance Film Festival is cancelling its in-person festival and reverting to an entirely virtual edition due to the current coronavirus ...

Protests around Kazakhstan have killed eight security personnel and injured 317, a news agency said on Wednesday, as President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev failed to quell public outrage over the influenc...

A day after Switzerland's team leader asked for talks about possibly postponing the Beijing Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, the IOC promised officials worldwide on Wednesday the Winter G...

The 2022 Grammy Awards have been postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 and the "uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant," organizers announced on Wednesday.

French parliament suspended debate on a new COVID-19 law early on Wednesday as opposition lawmakers demanded explanations from President Emmanuel Macron about comments in which he said he wanted to "p...

Schneider, an Oakland, Calif., resident, tweeted about the robbery to her 52,000 followers, saying she was shaken up but otherwise OK.

Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Australia and had his visa cancelled after arriving in Melbourne late Wednesday to defend his title at the season-opening tennis major.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, its first weapons launch in about two months and a signal it isn't interested in rejoining denuclearization tal...

Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Prince Edward Island joined the list of provinces pushing back the return to in-class learning on Tuesday, with officials in the three provinces saying students will learn a...

A judge was mostly dismissive Tuesday of oral arguments by a lawyer for Prince Andrew who wants to win fast rejection of a lawsuit alleging that the prince two decades ago sexually assaulted a 17-year...

Canada has lost its first dispute case under the new North American trade agreement to the United States. A panel found that Ottawa flouted part of its obligation to open the dairy market. Now the U.S...

On the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the republic is under stress. Its air of invulnerability is shattered. Over the coming months, several events will allow a ...

Former New York governor. Andrew Cuomo won't face criminal prosecution over an allegation that he fondled an aide. A prosecutor said Tuesday he was dropping the case because he couldn't prove it. ...

Rio de Janeiro has cancelled street parades and parties during its world-famous Carnival for a second year due to an increase in COVID-19 cases and the threat from the arrival of the Omicron coronav...

The last motorists out of hundreds who were stranded on a highway in Virginia — some for almost a day — by a winter storm have been cleared, officials said Tuesday evening.