Ex-Chancellor Merkel criticizes German center-right leader Merz over migration proposal that passed with far-right votes.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Italy violated the right to life of Italians living in a toxic-waste polluted area around Naples and ordered the government to develop a strategy ...

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell last week in a sign that the labor market remains strong.

Red Cross team arrives at second hostage handover site in Gaza.

A truck that fell into a sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly driver drag on. Residents near the hole have taken shelter ...

It held together as snow built up inside the bowl, and we often saw chickadees “bathing” in the snow-bowl, much as birds in ...

An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has died, a judge in Stockholm said Thursday. Swedish media reported that he was killed in a shooting in a nearby city.

I talked to two of them, both winners of multiple design awards: Dan Harden of Whipsaw, a San Francisco-based firm that's designed all kinds of products, from water filters and home saunas to the ...

European Central Bank cuts benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to boost stagnating economy.

Congo's leader called on young people to massively enlist in the army to help fight Rwanda-backed rebels who were attempting to seize more territory in the country's east as a crucial meeting of ...

Wild +103; over/under is 5.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Montreal Canadiens look to break a three-game skid when they take on the Minnesota Wild. Montreal has a 13-9-4 record at home and a 24-21-5 record overall ...

Sri Lanka was staring down the barrel at 44-3 after Australia achieved its largest ever total in Asia — 654-6 declared — on day two of the first test on Thursday.