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Japan's new emperor ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne in a ritual ceremony on Wednesday that barred women participants, including the new emperor's wife and daughter. Emperor Naruhito officially ascended to the throne...

Special counsel Robert Mueller objected in a letter to a summary of the investigation Barr released in March clearing the president of obstruction.        

Expand A worker inside a garment factory in Tamil Nadu, India. India passed a law governing sexual harassment at the workplace in 2013. The Indian government can play a leadership role in advocating for a binding ILO Con...

A cricket player who raped a woman as part of a sick contest with a British teammate to see who could sleep with the most people was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday. UK Judge Jim Tindal slammed 23-year-old Alex...

Milton Friedman's grandson, an advocate of seasteading, discusses a couple charged with violating Thailand's national sovereignty.

The White House says President Trump is closely monitoring a "very serious situation" in Venezuela. Politico White House correspondent and associate editor, Anita Kumar; and Bloomberg national political reporter, Sahil K...

The husband of Saudi Arabia’s “Rosa Parks” has been arrested amid a crackdown in the kingdom on those supportive of women’s rights. Ayman al-Drees, 31, quietly backed his New York-based wife, feminist Malak al-Sh...

A California couple pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in court for paying $600,000 in bribes to get their daughters into UCLA and USC.        

A motive is not yet apparent in the shooting

Olympic champion Caster Semenya lost her appeal Wednesday against rules governing unusually high testosterone in female runners, meaning she and other women like her will have to take medication to …

Robert S. Mueller III wrote that "there is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation."

Attorney General William Barr's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into 2016 Russian election interference and the Trump campaign's conduct surrounding th...

Japan welcomed the start of a new Reiwa imperial era and a new emperor on Wednesday in a festive New Year mood, with hopes for peace and prosperity.

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has undergone laparoscopic surgery for an intestinal obstruction. Berlusconi's office said late Tuesday the surgery was successful and that the 82-year-old media mogul would be �...

Leading organisations say they are aware Tarrant might try to use trial to promote white supremacist or terrorist views.

A gunman reported to have been a student opened fire in a building at the University of North Carolina's Charlotte campus on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding four others, three of them critically, officials said.

The crash occurred Tuesday morning in Saugus.

Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is a rising star in the Democratic primary, who has dominated headlines by exceeding first quarter funding expectations and creating viral moments during a number of televise...

Historically, Sports Illustrated’s annual swimsuit issue has been known for showing skin, and lots of it. But this year’s edition, which lands on newsstands next week, has a twist: It will be the first to feature a m...

1. Special Counsel Robert Mueller complained in a letter to Attorney General William Barr in late March that Barr's four-page memo to Congress "did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance" of Mueller's inves...

The Taliban say a fresh round of talks with U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is to begin in Qatar, where the religious movement maintains a political office. Khalilzad has been …

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday evening issued an order prohibiting U.S. air operators from flying below 26,000 feet in Venezuela's airspace until further notice, citing "increasing political in...