apanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony Tuesday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era. "Today, I...

A group of 146 asylum-seekers have arrived in Italy as part of a U.N.-backed humanitarian evacuation from Libya. The U.N. refugee agency says it's the fifth such evacuation since 2017, though...

Israel's winner of last year's Eurovision song contest said Monday there was no place for boycott calls of this year's competition in Tel Aviv, saying that to snub such a popular world event...

More than 40,000 people of all ages and abilities took part in this year's London marathon to push themselves to the limit and raise money for charity. But one of them attracted a little more...

Two men were caught fighting in a church, the incident being filmed by a German tourist who was visiting at the time....

From lunch with a civil rights leader in Harlem to meetings at a historically black university in South Carolina, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is making a new, concerted effort to...

An Army veteran who converted to Islam and discussed launching various terror attacks throughout Southern California was arrested as he plotted to bomb a white supremacist rally as retribution for the...

A beluga whale found with a tight harness that appeared to be Russian made has raised the alarm of Norwegian officials and prompted speculation that the animal may have escaped from a Russian military...

A report compiled by Lord Michael Ashcroft has revealed how thousands of lions are being bred to be killed by callous hunters or slaughtered so their bones can be turned into ‘medicines’...

A social media dispute erupted after a restaurant owner refused a customer’s request to have cheese put of a fish dish....