Ukrainian gains on the battlefield, chaos over mobilization, and growing global isolation have created an opening for Vladimir Putin's opponents in Russia. But just how vulnerable Russia's strongman m...

As protests against the Iranian government following Mahsa Amini's death in police custody have been growing, a song has been echoing, uniting people across the world who are fighting for — among se...

U.S.President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of "simple possession" of marijuana under federal law, as his administration takes a dramatic step toward decriminalizing the drug...

A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Thursday to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election, making him the fir...

Sweden's domestic security agency said Thursday that its preliminary investigation of leaks from two Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea "has strengthened the suspicions of serious sabotage" as th...

Indonesian police said Thursday they are bringing criminal charges against three officers and three civilians for their roles in the deaths of 131 people when police fired tear gas inside a soccer sta...

At least 36 people were killed on Thursday in an attack that began at a child-care centre in northeastern Thailand, authorities said. It is being called the country's deadliest rampage, with most of t...

The Iranian women demanding their rights today are part of a long history of resistance — and they’re continuing a struggle that began 43 years ago. IDEAS contributor Donya Ziaee shares the story ...

WNBA star Brittney Griner is at her "absolute weakest moment in life right now" as she faces a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession, Gri...

Iranian state television aired a video on Thursday in which two French citizens detained for 'spying' in Iran in May appeared to confess to acting on behalf of a French security service, amid weeks of...

Shania Twain's 1998 hit Man! I Feel Like a Woman! has been declared the greatest karaoke song of all time on Billboard's new list of the top 100 sing-able tunes. Also topping the list was Backstreet B...

At least 15 people have died after two boats carrying migrants sank in Greek waters, and rescuers were looking for dozens still missing, authorities said early Thursday.

North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Thursday after the United States redeployed an aircraft carrier near the Korean Peninsula in response to Pyongyang's p...

The OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries on Wednesday decided to sharply cut production to support sagging oil prices, a move that could deal the struggling global economy another blow and raise ...

Oscar-winning actors Marion Cotillard and Juliette Binoche, as well as other French stars of screen and music, filmed themselves chopping off locks of their hair in a video posted Wednesday in support...

The family of a cinematographer shot and killed by Alec Baldwin last year on the set of the film Rust has agreed to settle a lawsuit against the actor and the movie's producers, and production on the...

Even before Hurricane Ian, Florida's home insurance market was dealing with billions of dollars in losses from a string of natural disasters, rampant litigation and increasing fraud. The average homeo...

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded in equal parts to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless for developing a way of "snapping molecules together."

A court filing on Tuesday from Angelina Jolie alleges that on a 2016 flight, Brad Pitt grabbed her by the head and shook her, and then choked one of their children and struck another when they tried t...