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TOKYO — Japan on Monday selected a kanji character used to encourage social distancing as its defining symbol for 2020, highlighting a catchphrase used extensively during the coronavirus pandemic that even inspired its...

This article is based on insights from several crusaders who are dedicatedly making efforts to curb all forms of gender-based violence. Alarmingly during pandemic (just like other calamities previously), gender-based vio...

"At some point, you have to face the music," said the second-ranking Senate Republican. But Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, was notably silent.

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A man claiming to be a leader of Boko Haram said the terror group was responsible for kidnapping scores of schoolboys in northwestern Nigeria on Friday, according to a short audio message shared with Nigerian media and r...

A 2-year-old boy was abandoned at a Mississippi Goodwill drop-off location with a bag of clothes and a note on Monday, police said. Officers with the Southaven Police Department found the youngster at about 10 a.m. and t...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday said if the United States returns to the Iran nuclear deal, his country will follow within an hour. The deal was made during the Obama administration in 2015, lifting sanctions ...

The Pentagon, intelligence agencies, nuclear labs and Fortune 500 companies use software that was found to have been compromised by Russian hackers. The sweep of stolen data is still being assessed.

William Barr, who has served as President Donald Trump's most effective shield and advocate for broad presidential authority, is leaving before Christmas.       

A Japanese man nicknamed the "Twitter Killer" has been sentenced to death for kill and dismembering at least nine, most whom shared suicidal thoughts on social media.

By Thursday morning, snow will end in Washington, D.C. but will continue in Philadelphia, New York City and Boston.

The positive review likely ensures that the F.D.A. will grant emergency authorization for a second coronavirus vaccine this week for millions of Americans.

The legislation allows Prime Minister Viktor Orban to further consolidate power while eroding civil liberties. It also makes it harder to scrutinize how the government spends public funds.

Ghislaine Maxwell'a proposal includes armed guards to keep her from fleeing and safe from press and from others she says sent her death threats.

COVID-19 is running wild in America. A mink in Utah has tested positive for the contagion — the first-ever known case in a wild animal, according to officials. While the small mammals are known to get infected — with...

Controlled avalanches were triggered in the small Pyrenean country of Andorra, which is in Europe between France and Spain, on December 12.       

Some electors met in person to carry out their duties, and statehouses were on high alert for protests. Others stayed remote, and completed yet another 2020 task on Zoom.

Joe Biden was confirmed as the winner of the election, but President Trump's war on the results is likely to have lasting effects for the country.

He failed to bend the state to his will, but he still broke the country.

While his break with the Republican Party is "admittedly symbolic," the Michigan lawmaker noted, "we all know that symbols matter."

The Electoral College formally chose Joe Biden on Monday as the nation's next president, affirming his victory over President Trump

The agents, from a unit with poisonous chemicals expertise, were tracked by their telephones, the Bellingcat investigative group said, the strongest evidence of Moscow's involvement in the nerve agent attack.