By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives nominated Steve Scalise to be the chamber's next

The Yulin Dog Meat Festival witnesses brutal torture and slaying of cats and dogs in the street

By Stephanie van den Berg EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (Reuters) -The Netherlands and Denmark have said they will definitely give F-16 fighter

Russian intelligence is operating a systematic program to launder pro-Kremlin propaganda through private relationships between Russian operatives and unwitting US and western targets, according to newly declassified US intelligence.

Officials say three people may have died and temperature records have been broken in a Pacific Northwest heat wave

Isaac Herzog also tells the BBC Israel has seen no progress in talks on the release of Israeli hostages.

Filmmaker and deep-sea explorer James Cameron says he figured soon after learning that a Titanic-bound submersible was missing that it had imploded and its occupants were dead -- days before officials announced that very outcome.

More than 4,800 flights were behind schedule as rain and strong winds buffeted the US east coast.

A Utah mother of three who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband then wrote a children’s book about grieving has been scheduled for a bail hearing

The United Nations chief has welcomed Kenya’s offer to “positively consider” leading a multinational police force to help combat Haiti’s gangs and improve security in the violence-wracked Caribbean nation

Over half a century, Nissim Kahlon has transformed a tiny cave on a Mediterranean beach into an elaborate underground labyrinth

Provides an overview of Kabardino-Balkaria, and key facts about this Russian Caucasian republic.