Rescuers in central China have pulled out alive five of 23 people trapped in a partially collapsed building, authorities said on Saturday, while President Xi Jinping gave instructions to rescue the vi...

Neil Parish, a member of Parliament since 2010, announced his decision Saturday after pressure from members of his own party who sought to defuse sleaze allegations before Britain holds its local elec...

Parts of India recorded their highest average temperatures on record in April, and the scorching weather is expected to stretch into May, authorities said on Saturday.

A young English teacher is among a group of Ukrainian women learning methods for removing mines from the ground — a task they know will be necessary once the combat in Ukraine ends.

China's manufacturing activity fell to a six-month low in April as lockdowns continued in Shanghai and other manufacturing hubs in an attempt to stem COVID-19 outbreaks, according to a survey released...

Hollywood actor and United Nations special human rights envoy Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to Lviv, in western Ukraine, on Saturday. But a UN spokesperson says she wasn't in the city on offici...

Chinese authorities are moving quickly to try to prevent a massive COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing and avoid a citywide lockdown like the one that has paralyzed Shanghai for more than three weeks. ...

Palestinian assailants shot and killed a security guard at the entrance of a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank late Friday, the Israeli military said, in a fresh attack that could further fu...

Amid Ukraine's ongoing fight to repel a wide-ranging Russian invasion, the state is also facing a battle against those at home who actively support Moscow's actions.

A U.S. judge on Friday imposed a lifetime prison sentence on a member of an Islamic State militant group nicknamed "The Beatles" that beheaded American hostages.

Muslims around the world are performing prayers during Jumat-ul-Vida or the last Friday prayers of Ramadan, a month of fasting during which observers abstain from food, drink and other pleasures from ...

Tennis great Boris Becker was sentenced to 2-½ years in prison on Friday for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt.

A New York judge on Friday denied a request from Donald Trump's lawyer to end a contempt-of-court finding against the former U.S. president and kept in place a $10,000 US-a-day fine over his failure t...

This week on Nothing is Foreign, a conversation with Mahmoud Refat, the godfather of Mahraganat — the Egyptian street music sensation the government does not want you to hear.

The premier of the British Virgin Islands and the director of the Caribbean territory's ports were arrested Thursday on drug smuggling charges in south Florida, U.S. officials said.

A retired New York City police officer charged with assaulting a police officer during the U.S. Capitol riot testified Thursday at his trial that he was trying to defend himself against a "rogue cop" ...

Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that's likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, ac...

The former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murder in the killing of George Floyd has appealed his conviction, saying among other things that the jury was intimidated by ongoing, sometimes v...

The council of the northern city of York on Wednesday night voted unanimously to withdraw the Prince Andrew's "freedom of the city." The honour was awarded to Andrew in 1987 after Queen Elizabeth made...