The war in Ukraine is entering a critical period as the European Union enters a new era. The EU has decided to take more ...

Stocks in Asia are mostly higher, boosted by moves by China to rev up its economy. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong advanced 3.7% ...

Japan’s ruling party picks former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as leader. He will become prime minister next week.

Dozens of children have drowned while bathing in rivers and ponds as part of a three-day Hindu festival in eastern India. Heavy monsoon rains recently had raised the levels of ...

Gently holding a blackcap warbler in his palm, ornithologist Christos Barboutis blew on its feathers to reveal the size of ...

The stain of Catholic child abuse looms over Pope Francis's visit to Belgium this week, but a lesser-known scandal still ...

The world's most populous nation India has a waste problem to match, but one group hopes their efforts can inspire change in ...

Rising waters are slowly but surely swallowing Carnie Reimers's backyard in the Marshall Islands, pushing her toward an ...

China on Friday cut the amount banks must hold in reserve, releasing an estimated $142.6 billion in liquidity into the ...

Israel rejected a push by allies for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon and vowed to keep fighting Hezbollah militants "until ...

Germany’s beer industry relies on education and research to combat the climate change that's wreaking havoc on farms and ...

Pope Francis is expected to meet Belgian victims of clerical sex abuse on Friday as he embarks on a three-day visit to the country partially overshadowed by the Catholic Church's ...