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The smile: that central component of human interaction - simple, powerful, comforting, rewarding - especially in these challenging 'corona-times'.

The 40-foot-tall natural rock formation resembling a man's face crashed from its perch on May 3, 2003.

A cousin of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has claimed the country's security forces are arresting his employees in order to "pressure" him into paying hefty taxes.

North Korea fired gunshots at the wall of a South Korean guard post in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a buffer area which separates the two countries, on Sunday, and the South fired back, according to its military.

Gone were the daily White House briefings with Vice President Mike Pence solemnly urging Americans to shelter at home to stop the spread of Covid-19 and governors to follow a slowly phased-in reopening plan. The 45 days ...

Former President George W. Bush called for an end to partisanship in the nation's continued battle against the coronavirus, urging Americans to "remember that empathy and simple kindness are essential powerful tools of n...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday welcomed the reemergence of North Korea's Kim Jong Un after weeks of speculation about his health, but prospects for the U.S. efforts to persuade Pyongyang to denuclearize appear a...

Facing questions over why Britain's death toll from the new coronavirus was now the second-worst in Europe after Italy, a British minister said on Sunday people should not jump to conclusions and the full picture was not...

More than a decade on, fact and fiction remain entangled in the tale of former teammates turned enemies. The human core of the entire episode, though, is not a footballer Officially, nothing happened. This is, by the way...

1. Gunshots were fired Sunday morning from the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone, striking a guard post in South Korea. South Korea, which reported no casualties, responded by firing two shots toward North Kore...

South Korea says its troops have exchanged fire with North Korea along their tense land border

As states loosen restrictions and some beaches and parks open, officials urge caution. New York ramps up antibody tests. More COVID-19 news Saturday.       

Israel's top court will meet on Sunday to consider whether to block the coalition deal between Netanyahu and Gantz.

In California, there are growing calls to end the lockdown and open access to beaches. Medical experts, however, continue to plead that loosening lockdowns prematurely could lead to a spike in infections and deaths. Dany...

"It was a tough old moment, I won't deny it. They had a strategy to deal with a 'death of Stalin'-type scenario," the British PM said.

President Trump retreated to Camp David on Friday evening for a working weekend. In the capital, however, there are remaining concerns about a lack of coronavirus test kits and protests of a deficient stimulus package. N...

A total of 21,180 people have died in hospital in England after testing positive for the new coronavirus, up by 327 in a 24-hour period, the National Health Service for England said on Sunday.

The statement comes not long after Kim made his first public appearance in about 20 days

A top South Korean official on Sunday said Kim Jong Un did not have surgery or any other medical procedure after a video of his first public appearance in weeks shows the North Korean leader with a strange mark on his wr...

Two more people corroborated some of Tara Reade’s claims that the former Vice President Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago when she was a staffer in his Senate office, according to a report. One person, who ...

Michigan has the highest death rate in the US from those getting coronavirus — as the state continues to be divided by bitter protests over strict stay-at-home orders, data shows. While it has far fewer overall cases t...

An Oklahoma city walked back an emergency declaration requiring customers to wear face masks inside businesses after threats of violence were hurled at store employees. Officials in Stillwater announced the change Friday...