The European Space Agency’s JUICE spacecraft is to blast off Thursday on an eight-year journey through the Solar System to discover whether Jupiter’s icy moons are capable of hosting extraterrestrial life in their vast, hidden oceans.

A play recounting the death of the Bard’s only son opens in Stratford.

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday began a nostalgia-filled tour of the Republic of Ireland, jetting in from Northern Ireland where he pushed for an end to political paralysis in the British province.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced Russian “beasts” after a video appeared to show the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner, prompting international outrage. The emergence of the disturbing footage sparked fury in Ukraine, with …

A county commission in Tennessee voted Wednesday to send a second Democratic lawmaker back to the state’s legislature days after he and another colleague were expelled for disrupting a session with calls for stricter gun control laws. Democrats Justin …

Piran Ditta Khan arrives at court ahead of PC Beshenivsky murder trial.

Sea levels on China’s coastline have hit their highest on record for the second year in a row, rising more quickly than the global average and posing a serious threat to coastal cities such as the financial hub of Shanghai.

Harvey Weinstein returns to NY prison system after LA conviction; Mo’Nique sues CBS, Paramount over “Parkers” royalties; “Game of Thrones” prequel and “Harry Potter” series are a go. (April 13)

It is orange blossom season in Tunisia. Used in cosmetics, baking and traditional medicine, the precious flower – or white gold – is a source of national pride.

Fresh clashes with M23 rebels erupted Wednesday near the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, rupturing weeks of relative calm in the troubled region. The armed conflict has forced thousands of schools to close. According to UNICEF, about 2,100 schools have …