World shares have jumped, tracking Wall Street’s rise to new records despite the the shutdown of the U.S. federal government. Technology stocks advanced on expectations of higher demand for …
French authorities have detained two crew members of an oil tanker linked to Russia's shadow fleet, which avoids Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict. The prosecutor in the port city of Brest …
Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya is ending her seven-year legal challenge against sex eligibility rules in track and field. Her lawyers told The Associated Press on Thursday that they …
Police say man believed responsible for Manchester synagogue attack is a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent.
The Israeli interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and hundreds of activists raises questions about what any nation can legally do to enforce a blockade in international …
Military regalia met bohemian ease at Enfants Riches Déprimés on Thursday, where designer Henri Alexander Levy once again proved his penchant for contradictions. A military-looking, shiny-buttoned …
Beijing's top diplomat in Hong Kong has set out four red lines for the city's new U.S. Consul General Julie Eadeh. On Tuesday, Cui Jianchun, commissioner of the Hong Kong office of the Chinese …
Eleven cheetah cubs were rescued from illegal trade in Somaliland in what a conservationist said was “one of the largest confiscations of the species.” Two locals and three Yemenis were arrested …
The core of Hurricane Imelda is moving past Bermuda and weather conditions were expected to improve around the British territory. U.S. forecasters say a hurricane warning remains in effect early …
Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church.Leo was asked late Tuesday about plans by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to give a lifetime …
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league plans to launch women’s and men’s professional flag football leagues “in the next couple of years." The timeline outlined by Goodell at the …
Myanmar’s military claims it has taken back control of a major district capital in northern Shan State more than a year after losing it to an armed ethnic minority rebel group. State-run media said …
The fashion industry is buzzing with changes this Paris season, and Thursday's spotlight is on Mugler's debut. Miguel Castro Freitas, a Portuguese designer with a background at Dior, has taken over …
Police say the attacker who killed two people and injured three at a British synagogue is dead.
Veteran Belarus opposition leader Mikalai Statkevich has vanished after refusing to leave the country in a U.S.-negotiated prisoner release in September, and human rights activists are demanding the …
The death toll after days of violent clashes in Kashmir between Pakistan security forces and demonstrators has risen to nine. The worsening situation has prompted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to …
Turkey's emergency services say that a moderately strong earthquake has shaken Istanbul and northwestern parts of the country. The quake with a preliminary 5 magnitude struck Thursday in the Sea of …
An explosion in a college laboratory killed one person and injured four others in Iran's capital, Tehran. Several Iranian news outlets cited Tehran fire department spokesman Jalal Maleki as saying …
The death toll in a powerful earthquake that hit the central Philippines late Tuesday has risen to 72 with nearly 300 others injured. Filipino seismologists say the earthquake in and around the city …
Greater Manchester Police are at the scene of a reported stabbing at a synagogue in the UK city.