An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands of homes, stopping rail services and triggering warnings for tsunamis and aftershocks.

Police now say there were at least three suspects involved in a food festival shooting near Seattle's Space Needle over the weekend, and that one of them was among those killed in the violence.

Fire crews and planes are wrestling to bring a monster wildfire in southwest France under control before a forecast jump in temperatures complicates the firefighting effort.

Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced plans to restore L.A.'s iconic Cinerama Dome to its former glory and reopen it in early 2028 — just as movie theatres show signs of emerging from a years-long decline in ticket sales.

A judge ruled Monday that there is enough evidence to put D4vd on trial in the killing and dismemberment of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who authorities said had threatened to expose their relationship and crater the indie-pop singer's rising...

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree is committing to "get to the bottom" of the arrest of a Canadian in Europe on spying charges. The suspect, who was not named in the office's statement, worked as an intern at NATO in Mons, Belgium.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to take action in response to the fatal vehicle ramming attack on the Berlin Pride celebration over the weekend, with questions being asked as to why the suspected driver ​hadn't been in prison.

In early publicity for his recently released The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan cited Emily Wilson's opening line in her translation of The Odyssey as a reference point for main character Odysseus. But Wilson's feelings about Nolan's take appear more mix...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the United ‌States was having "good talks" with Iran and there was a chance of a deal over their conflict, but warned that U.S. strikes would resume if the negotiations failed to deliver.

A year after a nine-year-old girl from Montreal was found dead near a swamp in Upstate New York, local resident Bridgette Cruz says new road signs are keeping her memory alive.

Carly Simon says she’s finally ready to speak out about why she’s gone quiet in recent years. The singer who shot to fame in the 1970s with a string of hits that included You're So Vain has revealed she’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disea...

The 41-year-old pop star criticized the Trump administration on social media over the weekend for using one of her songs in a TikTok video.

Bill Oddie, a British comic actor who had a second career as a bird expert and wildlife presenter, died on Saturday, his agent said. He was 85.

Police arrested one suspect and were looking for another after gunfire erupted at a crowded food festival beneath Seattle's Space Needle, leaving three people dead and four others injured, including a toddler.

A raging wildfire in southwest France forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight Sunday, bringing the total forced out of their homes to a staggering 220,000 in one region alone as flames crept ever closer to the wine region city of Bordeaux.

The U.S. paused its attacks on Iran for a second straight day on Sunday, and Tehran said it had done so, too, as efforts continued to bring the countries back to negotiations on an interim ceasefire deal largely undermined by recent exchanges of fire...

Two mosques in the Israeli-occupied West Bank were set on fire overnight in an apparent Israeli settler attack, officials said Sunday, after a spate of deadly violence that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers.

Members of Berlin's 2SLGBTQ+ community and others voiced ‌grief, anger and solidarity on Sunday after a vehicle rammed into crowds at the city's annual Christopher Street Day Pride celebrations, killing one person and injuring 29.