The namesake son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos appeared to have been elected Philippine president by a landslide in an astonishing reversal of the 1986 "People Power" pro-democracy revo...

Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative political neophyte, took office as South Korea's new president Tuesday with a vow to pursue a negotiated settlement of North Korea's threatening nuclear program and an of...

An Alabama jail official who was accused of helping a murder suspect escape from custody died Monday after the pair was apprehended in Indiana, more than a week after they disappeared, law enforceme...

More bodies were pulled from the ruins of a luxury hotel in Cuba's capital on Monday, bringing the official death toll of a powerful explosion at the iconic building to 40.

Queen Elizabeth will not attend the opening of Britain's Parliament on Tuesday for the first time in nearly 60 years, as she struggles with difficulties in getting around.

The son and namesake of ousted Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos took a commanding lead in an unofficial vote count in Monday's presidential election in the deeply divided Asian democracy. ...

Students graduating from a historically Black college in East Texas were told at their commencement ceremony that an anonymous donor had paid their balances, officials said.

COVID-19 vaccine makers are shifting gears and planning for a smaller, more competitive booster shot market after delivering doses as fast as they could over the last 18 months.

An official says Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned following weeks of protests demanding that he and his brother, the president, step down over the country's worst economic cris...

The summer movie season is off to a blockbuster start thanks to Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. The superhero extravaganza grossed an estimated $185 million US in ticket sales in its fi...

As fighting intensifies in Eastern Ukraine, evacuees share their harrowing tales of escape.

John Lee was elected as Hong Kong's next leader Sunday, after winning over 99 per cent of votes cast by a largely pro-Beijing election committee.

On Monday in the Philippines, more than 67 million registered voters began casting ballots to choose the country's next president, and in doing so decide the country’s next chapter.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burka in public. The acting minister for the Taliban's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of...

Relatives of the missing in Cuba's capital desperately searched Saturday for victims of an explosion at one of Havana's most luxurious hotels that killed at least 27 people. A natural gas leak was the...

North Korea flight-tested a ballistic missile that was likely fired from a submarine on Saturday, South Korea's military said, apparently continuing a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations th...

Chelsea will be sold to a consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly, ending 19 years of ownership and lavish investment by Roman Abramovich until the Russian oligarch was sancti...

The death toll of a powerful explosion at a luxury hotel in Cuba's capital increased to 31 Sunday evening as search crews with dogs hunted through the rubble of the iconic 19th-century building looki...

The sole candidate offered from Beijing to serve as Hong Kong's chief executive, John Lee, was instrumental in overseeing the often-brutal responses of security forces over the past eight year to wide...