The New Zealand government has declared a state of emergency across the country’s North Island, which has been battered by Cyclone Gabrielle.

One of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat will receive the Medal of Honor, the nation’s top award for bravery on the battlefield.

LOS ANGELES — The total number of coronavirus cases reported in California has topped 12 million. That milestone — reached last week, according to data compiled by The Times — comes as California is seeing increased circulation of the omicron subvarian…

Corporate records and media reports reveal a scientist at the center of China’s high-altitude balloon program who also founded companies targeted by the U.S.

Wisconsin Republicans have introduced a bill that would further define illegal strip searches after a school superintendent told six girls to remove their clothes during a search last year for vaping devices last year.

The country of Moldova, which is sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania, has often been at the center of a struggle between Moscow and the West.

The baby girl born under the rubble of her family’s home in northern Syria in the aftermath of last week’s devastating earthquake is in good health and being breast-fed by the wife of the director of the hospital where she is being cared for, her docto…

A blast caused by a gas leak has seriously injured two people and destroyed several homes under construction in an Ottawa suburb.

Myanmar’s military government plans to allow loyal civilians, including government employees and retired military personnel, to carry licensed firearms, but they must comply with orders from local authorities to participate in security and law enforcem…

Japanese nuclear regulators have approved contentious safety evaluation changes and draft legislation to allow aging reactors to operate longer.