Israel’s multilayered air-defense system appears to have passed another test after fending off Iran’s latest missile barrage.

The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party took turns in the spotlight on Wednesday, each claiming to be the ...

Pope Francis opened the second phase of his big Catholic reform project Wednesday, with widespread calls for women to take up ...

Police in the Danish capital said two predawn explosions took place Wednesday in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen, prompting the nearby Jewish school to ...

Two men close to Benin’s president who were arrested last week on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African country were remanded in custody ahead of ...

Nico Hischier grew up in Switzerland dreaming of playing in the Winter Olympics. “I’ve never gotten to experience that,” he ...

Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka matched her career-best 15 straight wins after beating Madison Keys 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the China Open on Wednesday. The ...

Mexico’s new President, Claudia Sheinbaum, will start her day Wednesday much like her political mentor, ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, began most of his: with ...

Thai police have arrested the driver of a bus carrying young students and teachers that caught fire and killed 23 in suburban Bangkok, as families arrived in the capital Wednesday ...

Hong Kong share soared while other Asian markets retreated on Wednesday as tensions escalated in the Middle East. Oil prices extended gains after Iran fired dozens of missiles into Israel, ...

Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could find. Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anything the ocean ...

A typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall slowly advanced Wednesday toward Taiwan, where thousands of people have been evacuated from vulnerable low-lying or ...