The Uvalde, Texas, school district's police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Saturday Ukraine had tried to strike military facilities on Belarusian territory three days ago, but all its missiles had been intercepted, the state-...

An industrial support ship operating in the South China Sea has sunk in a storm with the possible loss of more than two dozen crew members, rescue services in Hong Kong said Saturday.  ...

Google will automatically purge information about users who visit abortion clinics or other places that could trigger legal problems now that the U.S. Supreme Court has opened the door for states to b...

A senior United Nations official for Libya on Saturday condemned the storming of the country's parliamentary headquarters by angry demonstrators as part of protests in several cities against the poli...

Environmental groups on Friday urged world leaders to keep promises they made at the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon this week, to do everything in their power to save the world's seas.

Russian missile attacks on residential areas in a coastal town near the port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 21 people, Ukrainian authorities reported on Saturday.

The number of new coronavirus cases across Britain has surged by more than 30 per cent in the last week, with cases likely driven by Omicron subvariants.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appealed the British's government decision last month to order his extradition to the U.S., where he faces espionage charges.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade has advocates, prosecutors and residents in some states facing a legal morass created by decades of often conflicting anti-abortion legislation. ...

American basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial Friday, four and a half months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for a Russian team, in a case that ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return by emphasizing Beijing's control over the former British colony under his country's vision of "one country, two systems." ...

Flights from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris and others in France face disruptions Friday that could last through the weekend amid a staff strike and protests demanding salary hikes to keep up wi...

The gripping testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson before the Jan. 6 committee could provide federal prosecutors with the legal ammunition to charge former U.S. president Donald Trump with seditious cons...

The United States Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the nation's Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plan...

Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, has been sworn in as a justice of the United States Supreme Court. U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Jackson in February, fulfilling a promise to nominate the court's first...

The son and namesake of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was sworn in as president of the Philippines on Thursday, completing a stunning comeback for one of Asia's most famous political dynasties, 36 ...

The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection issued a subpoena Wednesday to former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, whom previous witnesses have testified was in meetings in which ...