Long before he became Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf went on a charm offensive for almost two decades, ...

A Thai court on Tuesday ruled that the operator of a major gold mine in northern Thailand is responsible for environmental damage and health impacts on nearby villagers, in a long-awaited verdict that ...

Rescue teams in northern Germany are working to refloat a humpback whale stranded in shallow water in the Baltic Sea.

Temperatures have shattered monthly records in many major cities in the Western U.S. Is that a sign of things to come here at ...

Moments after an Air Canada jet collided at high speed with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing the pilots ...

Senators are discussing a proposal to end the Homeland Security budget stalemate by funding much of the department, including ...

County election officials plan to hand count about 5% of the 26,000 ballots cast in the state Senate race between incumbent ...

The head of Colombia’s armed forces says the death toll from a military plane crash has reached 66. Colombian officials say ...

The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude 2.7 earthquake hit Western North Carolina Monday evening near the Macon ...

Asian benchmarks are mostly rebounding, echoing the cautious relief that swept through Wall Street after President Donald ...

Gov. Josh Stein is promoting a $1.4 billion spending proposal focused on boosting teacher pay and education funding as North ...

Firefighters and police responded to a structural fire on Monday night on Shanda Drive near Spring Forest Road in Raleigh.