Tropical storm watches are in effect for parts of the Leeward Islands, and tropical storm conditions are also forecast for ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is paying tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending ...

Any success is far from assured, especially as Russia and Ukraine remain far apart in their demands for peace.

Experts say cloudbursts have increased in recent years partly because of climate change, while damage from the storms also has increased because of unplanned development in mountain regions.

A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation's capital has been ...

The U.S. State Department approved a possible $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to help improve security in the ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, aiming to provide economic ...

Human Rights Watch alleged Thursday that an Israeli airstrike on Iran's notorious Evin Prison in June was “an apparent war ...

Israel’s far-right finance minister says a contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is going ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday his state will hold a Nov. 4 special election to seek voter approval of new ...

A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the ...

Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution are drawing to a close Thursday. Nations remain deadlocked over ...