National flags were lowered across Azerbaijan, traffic across the country stopped at noon, and signals were sounded from ships and trains as the country observed a nationwide moment of silence.

President-elect Trump has revived calls for the United States to buy Greenland and complains of high fees at the Panama Canal ...

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to ...

The U.S. military says two U.S. Navy pilots have been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident.

Recent dramatizations about the British Post Office scandal are making it seem that entertainment is a better way to relay ...

Congress has pushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown.

As Syrians seek to recover from decades of a brutal dictatorship, they want to learn what happened to missing loved ones. For ...

First Hamas, then Hezbollah, now Syria. As key components of Iran’s anti-Israel/anti-U.S. “Axis of Resistance” are sidelined ...

The Oct. 8 fire at a market in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, highlights the fragility of life for those toiling on the margins ...

Fentanyl is an urgent U.S. drug threat. People from port staff to IRS agents are tracing how the synthetic opioid gets into ...

Homeowner light displays draw California crowds – and create Christmas traditions that brighten dark December nights.

The city of Berlin pays half the cost if you repair electronics and don't throw them away. That sounds better than it worked ...