U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday accused his predecessor, Donald Trump, of spreading a "web of lies" to undermine U.S. democracy in a speech on the anniversary of the deadly U.S. Capitol attack by...

The President of Kazakhstan said Friday he authorized law enforcement to open fire on "terrorists" and shoot to kill, a move that comes after days of extremely violent protests in the former Soviet na...

Two journalists in Haiti were killed Thursday on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince after suspected gang members opened fire on a group of reporters who had arrived to interview the leader of a rival ga...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized after a government ethics investigator criticized the U.K. leader and his staff for failing to disclose messages he exchanged with a donor about fin...

Fresh violent protests erupted in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, on Thursday after Russia sent in paratroopers to put down a countrywide uprising in one of Moscow's closest former Soviet allies...

Authorities say they've solved a publishing industry whodunit with the arrest Wednesday of a man accused of numerous literary heists in recent years, allegedly impersonating others in the industry to ...

The New York Times Co. is buying sports news site The Athletic for $550 million US. It's the Times' latest move in its strategy to expand its audience of paying subscribers as the newspaper print ads ...

Top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic spent a day confined to a Melbourne hotel waiting for a court ruling and dealing with the prospect of deportation from Australia because of an issue related to ...

The Omicron variant is fuelling high levels of illness, resulting in staff shortages in health care, long-term care and other essential services in parts of Canada.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been walking a tightrope between satisfying his own Conservative Party members who want few COVID-19 restrictions and public health experts who want more robus...

Fire tore through a duplex home early Wednesday in Philadelphia, killing 12 people, including eight children, fire officials said.

Influential government advisers in the United States are strongly urging that teens as young as 12 get COVID-19 boosters as soon as they're eligible, a key move as the U.S. battles the Omicron surge a...

Iran has snubbed yet another deadline set by Canada and its allies to negotiate a settlement for the families of those killed when its military shot down a passenger jet two years ago.

Just two weeks before it was to be held in Park City, Utah, the Sundance Film Festival is cancelling its in-person festival and reverting to an entirely virtual edition due to the current coronavirus ...

Protests around Kazakhstan have killed eight security personnel and injured 317, a news agency said on Wednesday, as President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev failed to quell public outrage over the influenc...

A day after Switzerland's team leader asked for talks about possibly postponing the Beijing Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, the IOC promised officials worldwide on Wednesday the Winter G...

The 2022 Grammy Awards have been postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 and the "uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant," organizers announced on Wednesday.

French parliament suspended debate on a new COVID-19 law early on Wednesday as opposition lawmakers demanded explanations from President Emmanuel Macron about comments in which he said he wanted to "p...

Schneider, an Oakland, Calif., resident, tweeted about the robbery to her 52,000 followers, saying she was shaken up but otherwise OK.

Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Australia and had his visa cancelled after arriving in Melbourne late Wednesday to defend his title at the season-opening tennis major.