BEIRUT, Lebanon - The Islamic State group declared a new leader on Thursday after it confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi days earlier in a US raid in Syria.
JURUPA VALLEY, California - A stolen car sparked a wildfire in a bone-dry field on Thursday as two of Southern California's quintessential themes - car chases and gusty Santa Ana winds - collided with potentially devastating consequences.
MADRID - Spain's interim leader has offered to have Madrid host an international United Nations climate conference next month that was originally scheduled to be held in riot-struck Chile.
Legal framework proposed by Democrats is aimed at formalizing steps for impeachment case against president
SYDNEY - Australian airline Qantas on Thursday rejected calls to ground its Boeing 737s after claims that a second aircraft in its fleet was found with a crack in its wing structure.
SAN FRANCISCO, California - Twitter announced an end on Wednesday to political campaign and issue advertisements on its service, calling it an important step in reducing the flow of election-related misinformation.
Sophie Wilmes has been named Belgium's first female prime minister, replacing liberal leader Charles Michel, who will become president of the European Council on Dec 1.
New Mandarin-language versions of the classic plays Hamlet and Henry V have been published as part of an expansive project to bring improved translations of English playwright William Shakespeare's greatest works to Chinese audiences.
One of Britain's most politically significant stable of national newspapers could soon have a new owner after veteran editor and publisher David Montgomery reportedly expressed an interest in buying The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph.
GEOJE, South Korea - Park Cholhee was working the holiday shift at Samsung Heavy Industries' Geoje shipyard on Labor Day, 2017, when a giant crane collided with another and crashed to the ground, killing six people, including Park's younger brother.
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was unusually blunt on Tuesday: Women are still excluded from many peace negotiations nearly two decades after the UN adopted a landmark resolution calling for women to be included in decision-making positions at every level of peacemaking and peace-building.