Ethiopia's government on Tuesday summoned all capable citizens to war, urging them to join the country's military to stop resurgent forces from the embattled Tigray region "once and for all." ...

Vote-counting machine maker Dominion Voting Systems filed defamation lawsuits Tuesday against right-wing broadcasters and a prominent Donald Trump ally over their baseless claims that the 2020 U.S. el...

The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, putting nine of the nation's 34 in the insurgents' hands amid the U.S. withdrawal from the country. ...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he didn't want the state government consumed by investigations into his personal behaviour, announced his resignation on Tuesday.

Chinese and Russian military forces are engaged in joint exercises in northwestern China as ties grow between the two autocratic states amid uncertainty over the instability in Afghanistan ...

A Chinese court upheld on Tuesday the death sentence of Canadian prisoner Robert Schellenberg for drug smuggling — a day before another court is due to rule on the case of another Canadian accused o...

Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see their pay change if they work from home in another city and choose to not come back to the office, according to a company pay ca...

California's largest single wildfire in recorded history kept pushing through forestlands as fire crews tried to protect rural communities from flames that have destroyed hundreds of homes. ...

Taliban fighters tightened their grip on captured territory in Afghanistan on Tuesday as civilians hid in their homes and a pro-government commander vowed to fight to the death to defend Mazar-i-Shari...

Lionel Messi finally signed his eagerly anticipated Paris Saint-Germain contract on Tuesday night to complete the move that confirms the end of a career-long association with Barcelona and sends PSG i...

Emmy Award-winning actor Christina Applegate, best known for roles on Married With Children and Samantha Who?, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis earlier this year.

The rapidly escalating surge in COVID-19 infections across the U.S. has caused a shortage of nurses and other front-line staff in virus hot spots.

Members of the U.S. military would be required to have the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Sept. 15, under a plan announced by the Pentagon Monday and endorsed by U.S. President Joe Biden.

Wildfires have ignited across Greece in the wake of the nation's most protracted heat wave in 30 years — which sent temperatures soaring to 45 C for days — creating bone-dry conditions. ...

Another Olympic Games — with even more layers of dissent and debate than Tokyo — are less than six months away in Beijing.

The UN climate panel sounded a dire warning Monday, with its updated climate report described as a 'code red for humanity.' Here are some key takeaways, including how close we are to climate threshold...

Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's longtime accusers sued Prince Andrew on Monday, saying he sexually assaulted her when she was 17, an allegation he has denied in the past.

German pharmaceutical maker BioNTech, which developed the first widely used coronavirus vaccine with Pfizer, swung to a huge profit in the second quarter on record sales.

The United States said it was up to Afghan security forces to defend the country after Taliban militants captured a sixth provincial capital on Monday, along with border towns and trade routes. ...

Iran reported a daily record of 588 COVID-19 deaths on Monday and the U.S. said soldiers would be required to show proof of vaccination against the coronavirus if a plan endorsed by President Joe Bide...