Cardinal George Pell, a former top Vatican official who was acquitted of sexual abuse allegations in 2020, died on Tuesday. He was 81.

Iran’s hanging of protesters — and display of their lifeless bodies suspended from cranes — seems to have instilled fear that is keeping protsters out of the streets. But anger among some Iranians may b…

The U.S. House Ethics Committee was asked Tuesday to investigate Rep. George Santos, the newly elected Republican from New York who has admitted to lying about his job experience, college education and …

Allen Weisselberg, a longtime executive for Donald Trump ‘s real estate empire whose testimony helped convict the former president’s company of tax fraud, was sentenced Tuesday to five months in jail fo…

Seventeen protesters were killed on Monday in Peru’s south, marking the worst day of violence since former president Pedro Castillo’s ouster on Dec. 7, 2022. Protest leaders say they are ready for an “e…

For almost six months, the eastern Ukrainian city of Bahkmut has been the site of intense, grinding trench warfare that reminds authorities and analysts of World War One.

A 20-year restoration of a home owned by former slaves in Pompeii, Italy, offers a look at life in Roman society before this lively city was buried in volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in…

California saw no relief from drenching rains early Tuesday, as the latest in a relentless string of storms continued to swamp roads and batter coastlines with high surf, turning rivers into gushing flo…

The White House said on Monday it had yet to receive any requests from the Brazilian government regarding Jair Bolsonaro’s status, but the former president’s presence on American soil since Dec. 30 coul…

A man who killed eight people on a New York City bike path in 2017 smiled as he proudly spoke of the carnage, asking to hang the flag of an Islamic militant group in his hospital room, a prosecutor said…