NEWS

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a coalition deal with a small ultranationalist faction leader known for homophobic rhetoric and disparaging remarks about non-Orthodox Jews, a sign of the incoming government's hardline makeup.

President Joe Biden is strengthening U.S. policy aimed at stemming sexual violence in war conflict zones.

Democrats celebrating a successful effort to keep control of the U.S. Senate this year will soon confront a 2024 campaign that could prove more challenging.

The former warden of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison known as the “rape club” is going on trial.

Japan’s top government spokesperson said Monday that the number of babies born this year is below last year's record low.

Indonesia has begun vaccinating children for the polio virus in the country's conservative province after four were infected with the highly contagious disease that was declared eradicated less than a decade ago.

Europol says law enforcement authorities in six different countries have joined forces to take down a “super cartel” of drugs traffickers controlling about one third of the cocaine trade in Europe.

Barely a month after granting himself a third five-year term as China's leader, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger over his “zero COVID" policy.

Britain's top envoy for the Indo-Pacific says Australia’s shift to nuclear-powered submarines will assure its South Pacific neighbors of the UK's commitment to regional security.

Six Arizona counties will decide Monday whether to certify 2022 election results.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is in the fight of his political life as he seeks enough GOP backing to become the next speaker of the House.

Prince William and the Princess of Wales will make their first trip to the U.S. in eight years this week, hoping to focus attention on their Earthshot Prize for environmental innovators.

Merriam-Webster has chosen “gaslighting” as its word of the year for 2022.

Shares have skidded in Europe and Asia, with Hong Kong dipping as much as 4% following weekend protests in various cities over China's strict zero-COVID lockdowns.

The government says a rocket carrying three astronauts to finish construction of China’s space station will blast off Tuesday.

The head of Australia’s main domestic spy agency says the country has downgraded its terrorism threat level from “probable” to “possible” for the first time since 2014.

Five days have passed since Lorenzo Gamble was killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help Sunday night to locate a missing 7-year-old girl who is believed to be with a 26-year-old woman.

The family of a man shot and killed on Jacksonville’s westside in October is desperate for answers and hopes the police find the person who killed their loved one.