China has brought into effect a new ethnic unity law that rights groups and foreign officials have warned could accelerate the forced assimilation of ethnic mi…

More than 200 million people are feeling the heat with dangerous and punishing temperatures enveloping the Northeast ahead of the Fourth of July weekend. Forec…

The Vatican on Thursday imposed some of the highest penalties available under the Catholic Church 's canon law on a breakaway group that consecrated four bisho…

US President Donald Trump defended earning $1.2 billion from his family's cryptocurrency activities last year, saying "everybody's profiting" from his time in …

A devastating wave of overnight attacks has left parts of the Ukrainian capital in ruins. Kyiv officials report multiple casualties following an attack which s…

The pilot who crashed his small plane into Beijing's tallest skyscraper last week was suffering from "chronic insomnia and anxiety" and did so for "personal re…

For more than 50 years, the Education Department has revealed a host of realities about how students are being treated in every public school across America: w…

Healthcare workers rally at a Manhattan union headquarters to show support for the Haitian and Syrian communities after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the T…

Long hours outdoors, day drinking, and World Cup matches are among the factors raising the risks of heat-related illness, as hot weather spreads across the eas…

A fire has swept through a hospital in the northeastern German town of Ludwigslust, killing two patients and injuring 34 others, local authorities and German m…

A study examining air quality and respiratory health in communities surrounding the Salton Sea in Southern California shows how environmental conditions, poor …