Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant marked the 37th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster Wednesday amid an ongoing war and nuclear threats, somberly laying flowers at a monument for victims.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said the notion of schools as safe havens has been "ruined."
The United States has begun facilitating the departure of private U.S. citizens who want to leave Sudan, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
A Sweden-based watchdog says global military spending grew for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to an all-time high of $2.24 trillion.
Israel is turning 75 this week and has much to celebrate. But instead of feting its accomplishments as a regional military and economic powerhouse, the nation finds itself facing perhaps its greatest existential threat — not by foreign enemies but from divisions within.
The wreck of the Montevideo Maru was located after a 12-day search at a depth of over 13,120 feet — deeper than the Titanic.
While world powers like the U.S., Britain, France and Italy airlifted their diplomats from Sudan capital Khartoum, Sudanese desperately sought to flee the chaos.
Questions swirled over how the mass rescues of foreign citizens would unfold, with Sudan's main international airport closed.
The Pentagon has deployed forces and is developing options to assist in the possible evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel from Sudan.
Killer floods, droughts and heat waves hit around the world, costing many billions of dollars.
The fighting, which began as Sudan attempted to transition to democracy, already has killed hundreds of people and left millions trapped in urban areas. Here's a look at what's happening and the impact it could have outside Sudan.
Looking back at 2022's weather with months of analysis, the World Meteorological Organization said last year really was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it. And about as bad as it gets — until more warming kicks in.
More than 100 Holocaust survivors and their descendants are participating in a new social media campaign that illustrates the importance of passing on the Holocaust survivors’ testimonies as their numbers dwindle.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen struck a conciliatory tone while talking about strained U.S.-China relations, saying the nations “need to find a way to live together.”
A new bipartisan caucus in Congress is condemning the Iranian government over the recent poisoning of school girls in the country, amplifying the growing criticism in Washington against the Islamic Republic and its disregard for human rights.
The age of the 21-year-old airman charged in one of the most significant U.S. intelligence leaks in recent memory has been the focus of a growing question: Why would the nation give someone so young access to some of its most important secrets?
Celebrations honored the hundreds of young Jews who took up arms in the Polish capital in 1943.
U.S. lawmakers have accused the embattled Swiss bank Credit Suisse of limiting the scope of an internal investigation into Nazi clients and Nazi-linked accounts.
A Russian judge ruled Tuesday that American journalist Evan Gershkovich must remain behind bars.
Nearly 300 Tyrannosaurus rex bones that were dug up from three sites in the United States and assembled into a single skeleton have sold at auction for 4.8 million francs ($5.3 million) in Switzerland.
