Travellers began streaming into mainland China by air, land and sea on Sunday, many eager for long-awaited reunions, as Beijing opened borders that have been all but shut since the start of the COVID-19…

A Virginia teacher who was critically injured when she was was shot by a six-year-old student in Newport News, Va., is showing signs of improvement as authorities struggle to understand how a child so y…

Iran hanged two men on Saturday for allegedly killing a member of the security forces during nationwide protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16.
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Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday its forces in Ukraine would maintain a ceasefire it unilaterally declared to observe Orthodox Christmas until midnight, despite Ukraine rejecting the truce off…

A six-year-old student shot and wounded a Virginia teacher Friday during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said.

In a book full of startling revelations, Prince Harry’s assertion that he killed 25 people in Afghanistan is one of the most striking — and has drawn criticism from both enemies and allies.

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McDonald’s is exiting the Kazakhstan market, after the fast food giant’s local business appeared to fall victim to collateral damage from the Russia-Ukraine war.

Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged artillery fire at the front line in Ukraine on Friday, even after Moscow said it had ordered its troops to stop shooting for a unilateral truce that was firmly rej…

The contours of a deal that could make Republican leader Kevin McCarthy the House Speaker have begun to emerge after three gruelling days and 11 failed votes in a political spectacle unseen in a century…

Pharmacies across the United States are weighing whether to sell mifepristone, a pill used in medication abortions, following the Food and Drug Administration’s announcement earlier this week that they …