Threat level raised to maximum in Dutch city after shooting which also left several others injured.

The United States' top general said on Thursday that the Chinese military w...

The prospect of permanent daylight saving time in the U.S brightened after President Trump extended support to the move by some lawmakers. But the pitch of energy savings tagged to it is looking doubtful.

Ice sheets that receded 10,000 years ago are responsible for the Windy City dropping at least four inches over the last century

The U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem long served as a key diplomatic line to the Palestinian Authority. Now the U.S. is downgrading the mission and merging it with the Embassy to Israel.

History does not bode well for Trump's opponents, says Jonathan Turley, professor of law.

The 'VF' now stands for 'virtually f*cked'

New research suggests having one time zone in such a large country can hurt educational attainment, especially of poor children.

The Chinese fascination with numbers – and how much they are part of both online and offline lives – is a societal quirk that baffles long-term tourists and expats alike.

Regretting that despite requesting for years, the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal has not provided land for fencing the state's borders with Bangladesh, Singh said: "We never received the cooperation which we should have got.&q ...

Layoffs at established newspaper chains and digital upstarts alike reflect the difficulty of the news business. The closing of local newsrooms can create "news deserts," areas with limited access to news outlets. Judy Woodruff talks to Stev ...

“If charged and convicted of these crimes, he could be sentenced to death,” international human rights lawyer Jared Genser said of Peter Biar Ajak.

No animal alive today looks quite like a duckbilled platypus, but about 250 million years ago something very similar swam the shallow seas in what is now China, finding prey by touch with a cartilaginous bill. The newly discovered marine reptile Eret ...

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese whalers discussed plans Thursday to resume their commercial hunting along the northeastern coast on July 1, for the first time in three decades. Their preparation follows Japan's decision in December to leave the Internatio ...

The VPN market is consolidating

JUBA, South Sudan South Sudan’s Drug and Food Control Authority has banned all bleaching products in the country especially those containing mercury and hydro-quinone.

The current wave of anti-government protests has become the longest since Sudan gained independence in 1956.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is skipping this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Silvio Berlusconi is back. Again.