In central London, near where tourists and business travelers board Eurostar trains to Paris, lies the burial place of Benjamin Franklin's eldest son - a man whose life and family relationships were upended by his stance on the American Revolution.William Franklin was...

Pope Leo called on Sunday for an end to violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, amid a surge of attacks by militant settlers and a siege in the territory's village of Qusra.Israeli settlers encircled houses after cutting off water and electricity, in what...

Help could not come soon enough on Sunday for thousands of evacuees on Indonesia's Flores island after a powerful earthquake killed 53 people, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of houses and buildings.Some 5,000 people fled their homes as the 7.7-magnitude quake hit the...

Thieves stole four works attributed to Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina worth millions of euros from the regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily while crowds gathered across town for the traditional Assumption holiday celebrations...

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Sunday that warning shots had been fired when North Korean soldiers violated the military demarcation line between the countries, prompting them to ​return.The Yonhap news agency reported earlier on Sunday that warning...

Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday after its eyewall skirted Hawaii without making landfall, but it continued to punish the state with hurricane-force gusts and pounding rain, reaching a total of nearly three feet in places and sending raging torrents ...

German companies slashed investments in the United States to a three-year low in the first half of 2026, as Trump administration policies fed uncertainty between the transatlantic trading partners.First-half direct investments plunged by nearly two-thirds year-on-year to ...

Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war.Russia's Ministry of Defense said that it had destroyed 822 Ukrainian drones overnight. Some 600 drones were detected headed toward the...

The Miami Marine Stadium, considered a masterpiece of midcentury Brutalist architecture with its massive cantilevered roof and a stunning view of the city, opened in 1963 as the nation's only race venue for powerboats, a major symbol of South Florida.The historic gem...

President Donald Trump's war against Iran is stretching the limits of U.S. aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American warships as China shows more signs of aggression.The USS George Washington is departing the Pacific and expected to...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed the deepening of ties with Russia in a message to President Vladimir Putin as Pyongyang marked the anniversary of independence from Japan's colonial rule, KCNA state news agency said on Sunday.Kim was replying to a message of...

The Senate seat Republicans expected to defend with ease has unexpectedly tightened, with former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola drawing even with Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, days before Tuesday's nonpartisan primary that will set the November ballot in a contest now central...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Friday that newly disclosed private communications from Dr. Anthony Fauci show the former government infectious disease chief knowingly misled the American public during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered a state investigation into ablution facilities planned for Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, arguing in a letter that the Islamic foot-washing stations amount to unconstitutional religious favoritism at a government-owned facility.

A Chinese shipping company on Saturday dispatched the first container vessel on what it is billing as the world's first regularly scheduled cargo service from Asia to Europe through the Arctic.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung proposed talks with North Korea to formally end the long-running Korean War, as Pyongyang deepens ties with Russia while asserting its status as an "irreversible" nuclear state. The two Koreas remain technically at war because their...

Democrats on Saturday approved dueling messages on whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement should be abolished or reformed, reflecting sharp opposition to President Donald Trump's crackdown but revealing disagreement in the party ahead of the midterms.The...

The Trump administration is intensifying economic pressure on Iran and has made lower oil prices a top priority in the monthslong conflict, betting that financial pain will eventually force Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz...

Democrats seeking the party's presidential nomination in 2028 will need to prove themselves early on in states where Black and Latino voters and union members are key supporters, under an election-year calendar approved Saturday.The primary lineup pushes Iowa from the...

Indiana authorities say at least five people have died in flooding across the state this week, as first responders worked to rescue more people Saturday from rising waters in neighborhoods along the White River in Indianapolis. The state has been hammered over the past week...