Russia has staged a series of military exercises with its central Asian neighbours that are focused on anti-terrorism operations.

Angela Merkel’s time as chancellor of Germany is coming to a close, leaving the legacy of a strong-willed but enigmatic politician with a poker face and calm exterior that critics and advocates alik...

Jurors have found singer R. Kelly guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking after a trial in which prosecutors accused him of exploiting his stardom over a quarter century to lure women and undera...

The British government put dozens of soldiers on standby Monday to help ease fuel supply problems caused by a shortage of truck drivers, a situation that has spurred panic buying of gasoline across th...

British police charged a 36-year-old man on Monday with the murder of Sabina Nessa, a primary school teacher killed as she walked to meet a friend in London.

China's foreign ministry says the two Canadians detained in late 2019 who were allowed to return to Canada late last week were released on bail for health reasons.

Germany's centre-left Social Democrats won the biggest share of the vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday, narrowly beating outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right Union bloc in a closel...

U.S. President Joe Biden received his COVID-19 booster shot on Monday, days after federal regulators recommended a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine for Americans aged 65 or older and approved them for...

Farmers across India came out in force Monday, demanding the government drop three controversial farm laws it brought in a year ago. (Anushree Fadnavi/Reuters)

Civil lawsuits are commonplace, but the legal action directed toward Prince Andrew has its own share of complexities and a broader context that sets it apart.

Swiss citizens have voted by a clear majority in a referendum to approve a government plan to legalize same-sex marriage.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical, a jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's hyperactive 2001 movie, won the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on a Sunday night when Broadway looked back to honour shows...

Governments in Europe seem prepared to reverse decades of austerity to tackle ever-worsening blazes, but experts say what the continent needs is not only money but a changed relationship to the land i...

Israeli troops killed five Hamas militants in gun battles during raids on Sunday against one of the group's cells in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli military spokesperson said.

Lewis Hamilton became the first Formula One driver to win 100 races with victory in the Russian Grand Prix on Sunday to retake the championship lead from Max Verstappen.

British police said Sunday they have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering Sabina Nessa, a primary school teacher killed as she walked in a London park.

In a U-turn, Britain said Saturday it will issue thousands of emergency visas to foreign truck drivers to help fix supply-chain problems that have caused empty supermarket shelves, long lines at gas s...

Alexander Panetta reports from the working-class border town of Del Rio, Texas, which became a flashpoint in the U.S.'s ongoing political battle over immigration this week as thousands of asylum seeke...

The Taliban hung a dead body from a crane parked in a city square in Afghanistan on Saturday in a gruesome display that signalled the hardline movement's return to some of its brutal tactics of the pa...

The airport on the Spanish island of La Palma shut down on Saturday because of an ash cloud spewing out of a volcano that has been erupting for a week, and scientists said another volcanic vent opened...