Hurricane Erin has re-intensified into a Category 4 storm on Sunday, with the U.S. National Hurricane Center warning of life-threatening surf and rip currents along the U.S. eastern seaboard this week.

Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece battled ongoing wildfires Friday, an important religious holiday in all three countries, as persistent hot, dry conditions challenged efforts to contain the blazes.

Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed more than 280 people and left scores of others missing in India and Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as rescuers brought to safety some 1,600 people from two mountainous dist…

The Trump administration, stepping up its crackdown on policing in the U.S. capital, has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington’s “emergency police commissioner” with all the powers of a police chief — a significant move…

There’s a lot of onus on women to stay safe in public spaces. And that’s likely partly why a new police campaign in the U.K. aimed to stop men from harassing women runners in the first place is getting so much attention.

The security firm of former U.S. Navy SEAL Erik Prince will soon deploy nearly 200 personnel from various countries to Haiti as part of a deal to quell gang violence there, a person with knowledge of the plans said Thursday.

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to put Washington, D.C., under full federal control to reduce crime. But there are legal roadblocks in making that more than a temporary state of affairs.

Extreme heat and strong winds caused “fire whirls” as a blaze burned several houses and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from near a UNESCO-listed national park in northern Spain, authorities said on Monday.

The man who attacked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta on Friday fired more than 180 shots and broke about 150 windows, piercing “blast-resistant” panes and spattering glass shards into numerous rooms, according to info…

Miguel Uribe, the Colombian senator who had been hospitalized since he was shot in the head in June during a campaign event, has died, his family said Monday. He was 39.