The United Nations' rights office says at least 40 civilians were killed last weekend by al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to take control of a besieged town in Burkina Faso’s hard-hit northern region

An official in charge of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says the upcoming release of treated radioactive water into the sea more than 12 years after the reactors' meltdown marks “a milestone,” but is still only an initial step in a daunting decades-long decommissioning process

"I pray to God... please don't take this son away from me," says Chaudhary, whose son is trapped.

OceanGate, the company which operates the submersible, says they were "true explorers".

Momo, the daring monkey who escaped his owner's home in Indianapolis, became a citywide sensation before his capture

Second-ranked Iga Swiatek won the China Open final with a near-perfect 6-2, 6-2 victory over Liudmila Samsonova, for her tour-leading fifth title of the season

By Nia Williams and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -The government of Canada's Northwest Territories declared a state of emergency on

Attorneys for a group of youths suing Montana over damages caused by climate change say officials repealed the state’s energy policy to avoid an upcoming trial

Asian stocks and emerging-markets currencies should be resilient while short-end bond yields are likely to move higher. Those

James Holzhauer shared a meme featuring former 'Jeopardy!' host Mike Richards after Pat Sajak announced his retirement

Human rights activists in Niger say they have been unable to gain access to top political officials detained after mutinous soldiers ousted the democratically elected president nearly three weeks ago

As several state legislative sessions have concluded or are drawing to a close, some of the high-profile legislation enacted by state lawmakers is just taking effect.