Japan's parliament elects Shigeru Ishiba, newly elected governing party leader, as the country's prime minister.

Nicaraguan guerrilla fighter Humberto Ortega, a Sandinista defense minister who later in life became a critic of his older brother President Daniel Ortega, died Monday at 77, Nicaragua's army said.

The Israeli military began what it called a ''limited, localized'' operation against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, carrying out ''targeted ground raids'' in villages close to the ...

Voting in the final phase of the election to choose a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir began Tuesday in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government stripped the ...

Evacuation orders and warnings were in place Monday for Southern California residents near a wildfire that is largely contained after the blaze flared up over the weekend.

More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of China retains a firm grip on power.

A technical issue has paralyzed Metro Transit’s Blue and Green lines, and it is unclear when service will be restored.

Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index regaining some of its sharp losses from a day earlier.

Two students in Munich, sipping beers on their dormitory couch in 2022, chatted about a recent lecture describing the use of banana fibers in Colombia to make sustainable building materials.

Takosangba Jamir had his vision for 14 years. He has been blind for the past 13. But in front of a piano, nobody can tell.

Along Mexico's southern Pacific coast, floodwaters receded Monday, leaving behind devastated towns and 15 dead, after John struck the coast once as a hurricane and again as tropical storm last week.

At 52-57, the Tigers looked to the future and their long-shot betting odds for this season reflected that thinking. One Caesars Entertainment bettor in Michigan, however, had a different idea, betting ...