The government of El Salvador said Monday it has arrested more than 1,000 gang suspects after a wave of killings over the weekend.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday that forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through Grade 3, a policy that has drawn intense national scrutiny ...

Afghanistan's Taliban has instructed all government employees to wear a beard and adhere to a dress code or risk being fired, three sources told Reuters, the latest of several new restrictions imposed...

The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol voted unanimously Monday night to hold former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in contempt of Congress f...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Monday that Russian forces are still attacking Kyiv, despite being driven out of Irpin, a suburb northwest of the capital that has seen heavy fighting...

China's most extensive COVID-related lockdown in two years is underway in Shanghai, as the city of 26 million people undergoes a series of phased shutdowns to test a growing outbreak of the coronaviru...

The day after slapping Chris Rock on the stage of the 94th Academy Awards, Will Smith issued an apology to the comedian, the academy and viewers at home, saying he was "out of line" and that his actio...

Gunmen massacred 20 people on Sunday night in a suspected gangland attack at a clandestine cockfighting venue in western Mexico, authorities said, in one of the worst mass shootings under the current ...

After two weeks in a Kharkiv bomb shelter, Olana Markova and her teenage daughter are stuck in Poland facing Canadian visa delays as part of the process to help those fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. ...

Millions of workers began a nationwide two-day strike across India on Monday to express their anger at the government's economic policies and press their demands for improved rights for industrial wor...

The 94th Academy Awards on Sunday maintained a buoyant spirit until Will Smith took great offence to a joke by presenter Chris Rock about the best-actor nominee's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. ...

Two Arab gunmen killed two police officers on a city street in Israel on Sunday and were then shot dead, as the U.S. secretary of state and three Arab foreign ministers visited the country for a summi...

The 94th Academy Awards welcomed back a star-studded red carpet and a revised broadcast Sunday. Historic wins by Ariana DeBose as supporting actress for West Side Story and CODA's Troy Kotsur for s...

The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed it's considering opening up an office in Russia near the Ukrainian border in a bid to scale up humanitarian efforts in the embattled area — a...

El Salvador's congress granted President Nayib Bukele's request to declare a state of emergency early Sunday after dozens of gang-related killings over the weekend.

As Caribbean nations debate their relationship with the British crown, Prince William says he will support and respect whatever decision the people make.

A wildfire south of Boulder, Colo., that forced nearly 20,000 people to flee was listed at 21 per cent contained and most evacuations had been lifted by Sunday morning, officials with Boulder Fire-Re...

Shanghai said on Sunday it would lock down the city in two stages to carry out COVID-19 testing over a nine-day period, after the city reported a new daily record for asymptomatic infections. ...

The second black box has been recovered from the crash of a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that killed all 132 people on board last week, Chinese state media says.