Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Friday in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the complex ...

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif asked Friday for international help in battling deadly flood damage in the impoverished nation, as rescuers struggled to evacuate thousands of marooned people f...

The U.S. Justice Department on Friday released a partially blacked-out document explaining the justification for an FBI search of former president Donald Trump's Florida estate earlier this month, whe...

Greenpeace is warning that treaty talks to protect international waters are on the "brink of failure," as two weeks of negotiations at United Nations headquarters in New York City are expected to wra...

Moderna is suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Mod...

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark message Friday: the Fed will likely impose more large interest rate hikes in coming months and is resolutely focused on taming the highest in...

A New York City-owned golf course managed by former U.S. president Donald Trump's business is expected to host a Saudi Arabia-supported women's tournament in October, city officials said Friday. ...

New York and Washington, D.C., officials are struggling to cope with an influx of migrants that have been specifically bused to their cities on orders from the Republican leaders of Texas and Arizona....

Human rights groups say they have an extensive dossier of evidence on former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa that documents alleged war crimes during the end of the country's civil war. ...

A judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Justice Department to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on when federal agents searched the Florida estate of former U.S. president Donald...

The Canadian military's air detachment in the Middle East — which has been supporting anti-terrorism operations and UN peacekeeping missions in Africa — is being relocated to the United Kingdom. ...

When two 19-year-old hikers vanished on Oregon's Swastika Mountain, the modest butte in the middle of nowhere ended up rising in prominence due to its offensive name. Now the Oregon Geographic Names B...

California set itself on a path Thursday to end the era of gas-powered cars, with air regulators adopting the world's most stringent rules for transitioning to zero-emission vehicles.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a major buildup of his country's military forces Thursday in an apparent effort to replenish troops that have suffered heavy losses in six months of bloody war...

Novak Djokovic will not play in the U.S. Open, as expected, because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and thus is not allowed to travel to the United States.

The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21 per cent in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections and a possible signal the outbreak in Europe may be starting...

New York's highest court has agreed to hear an appeal from Harvey Weinstein over his 2020 rape conviction.

The Uvalde, Texas, school district fired police chief Pete Arrendondo on Wednesday, making him the first officer to lose his job over the hesitant and fumbled response by law enforcement at Robb Eleme...

Japan's national police chief says he will resign to take responsibility over former leader Shinzo Abe's shooting death.

Afghan women's rights activists opened a library in Kabul on Wednesday, hoping to provide an oasis for women increasingly cut off from education and public life under the ruling Taliban. ...