This weekend, news spread in reputable media outlets that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s regime had dismantled its controversial morality police. But these reports rested on a vague statement made b...

Ukraine said Russia had destroyed homes in the southeast and knocked out power in many areas with a new round of missile attacks as the West imposed a price cap on Russian seaborne oil to try to limit...

Honduras has become the second country in Central America to impose a state of exception suspending some constitutional rights to deal with street gangs.

Prince Harry said Britain's royal household regularly leak stories about each other, calling it "a dirty game" in a new trailer released on Monday for the much-anticipated Netflix documentary series a...

On its trip back to Earth, the Orion spacecraft performed a powered flyby of the moon, capturing stunning close-ups of its surface.

Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti was sentenced in Southern California on Monday to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay $7 million US in restitution after admitting he cheated four of his clients...

Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert Monday after a violent eruption at the island's tallest volcano, Mount Semeru, prompted authorities to impose an eight-kilometre no-g...

Canada is imposing more sanctions on Haitian elites by freezing Canadian assets held by three of the country's wealthiest people.

The largest trial in Belgian history kicked off on Monday with 10 men accused of involvement in Islamist suicide bombings in Brussels in 2016 that killed 32 people and injured over 300. ...

Nine years after Pooja Gaud was kidnapped near her Mumbai school, a missing persons poster has helped the teenager reunite with her family. She was beaten and forced to work, and is still seeking just...

Protesters in Iran called a three-day strike this week as they seek to maintain pressure on authorities over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, with protests planned on the day President Ebrahim Rai...

A group of Swifties has filed a lawsuit seeking compensation from Ticketmaster after its website crashed during pre-sales for the pop star's upcoming tour, leaving millions of fans empty-handed. ...

Two power substations in a North Carolina county were damaged by gunfire in what is being investigated as a criminal act. It caused damage that could take days to repair, leaving tens of thousands of ...

Former U.S. president Donald Trump faced rebuke Sunday from officials in both parties after calling for the "termination" of parts of the constitution over his lie that the 2020 election was stolen. ...

Indonesia's highest volcano on its most densely populated island released searing gas clouds and rivers of lava on Sunday in its latest eruption.

Nick Bollettieri, the Hall of Fame tennis coach who worked with some of the sport's biggest stars, including Andre Agassi and Monica Seles, and founded an academy that revolutionized the development o...

Some celebrities have boycotted the World Cup because of Qatar's poor human rights record. But even more agreed to appear — possibly because of indifference to the controversy, or because of a gener...

About 2,500 seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in southern Russia, and it's not clear what killed them, officials said Sunday.

Fred McGriff was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday by the Contemporary Era Committee. Nicknamed the "Crime Dog," he spent five seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays and hit 493 homers over 1...

China is easing draconian COVID-19 restrictions in a patchwork manner. But for reasons both medical and political, it will be hard to really end the 'zero-COVID' policy — even as the Chinese people ...