World

The Justice Department is preparing to announce charges against two men from Britain who joined the Islamic State and were part of a cell that beheaded Western hostages in Syria.

French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing.

Earlier this year, it was announced that Super Nintendo World will be coming to Universal Orlando Resort's upcoming theme park, Epic Universe.

Hurricane Delta is getting bigger fast and speeding up as it takes aim at Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky partnered with conservationists to help release the animals into their new homes.

President Donald Trump says people shouldn't fear the coronavirus, but public health experts note that 1 million worldwide deaths are among reasons to be concerned.

The 2020 Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to Briton Roger Penrose, German Reinhard Genzel and American Andrea Ghez for discoveries relating to black holes.

A study conducted by the Stop Asian-American Pacific Islander Hate Youth Campaign found that 1 in 4 young Asian Americans have personally experienced anti-Asian hate during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Announcing the prize in Stockholm, the Nobel Committee noted that the trio's work helped explain a major source of blood-borne hepatitis that couldn't be explained by the previously discovered hepatitis A and B viruses.

Jason Gillespie was deep-sea fishing in the area when he spotted the remarkable three-foot tope shark.

An Army identification tag lost by an American soldier when he was wounded by a grenade blast in Vietnam was returned Wednesday to his widow after it was found by an American traveling in Russia.

More than 100,000 people have marched in the Belarusian capital, protesting against the country’s authoritarian leader.

A coffin-maker in South Africa has watched the coronavirus pandemic turn his business upside down.

U.S. equity futures plunged by more than 1.6%, or 500 Dow points after President Trump confirmed through a tweet that he and the first lady tested positive for coronavirus.

Fans waited in line for hours to get a view of the steam-powered train that was used in the famous franchise at a station in Scotland, only to have their hopes dashed.

Dr. Nikos Razis posted an open invitation on social media to those denying the existence of the pandemic to come join him in the emergency room without personal protective equipment.