International

TOKYO—A Japanese spacecraft touched down on a distant asteroid on Feb. 22, on a mission to collect material that could provide clues to the origin of the solar system and ...

A man who has been dubbed “Jihadi Jack” told British broadcaster ITV that he wants to come back to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—An Israeli spacecraft rocketed toward the moon for the country’s first attempted lunar landing, following a ...

Clergy sexual abuse victims pressed to meet Pope Francis on Feb. 20 in a bid to push the ...

BOGOTA, Colombia—Venezuelan refugees fleeing the socialist dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro into Cucuta, a humid border town, say they ...

RAMAT GAN, Israel—A nonprofit Israeli consortium said on Feb. 18, that it hopes to make history this week ...

The Vatican dismissed former U.S. Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick from the Roman Catholic priesthood on Feb. 16 after he was ...

SALT LAKE CITY—The family and friends of a Utah woman who spent nearly two years pushing to get ...

Part of the roof and several floors of a university building in Russia's second-largest city collapsed Saturday, but officials ...

Humane Society International have a twofold plan of action for South Korea’s puppy breeding and dog meat trade. ...

A man with Down syndrome retired after working at Australian McDonald’s for 32 years, according to reports. Russell ...

A newborn baby girl was rescued from a storm drain by emergency workers in South Africa after a ...

MOSCOW—Russian lawmakers backed tighter internet controls on Feb. 12 to defend against foreign meddling in draft legislation that ...

A Jamaican man who won the country’s lottery wore a “Scream” mask to hide his identity in published ...

An assistant at a veterinarian in Colombia was captured on video knocking out a tiny Shih Tzu dog ...

A top Pentagon official took an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Feb. 11 to meet with U.S. commanders ...

A remote Arctic region of Russia has declared a state of emergency over a polar bear invasion that ...

A Colombian mother jumped 300 feet to her death on Feb. 6 as she was holding her son, ...

Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro was seen training with his armed forces and visiting air force grounds in ...

LONDON—A body retrieved from the wreckage of a crashed plane in the English Channel has been formally identified ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said during a visit to the State Department on Feb. 6 that he is ...

WASHINGTON—Speaking before a conference on Qatar in Washington, members of Congress joined military leaders and experts in questioning ...

Pope Francis on Feb. 5 publicly acknowledged for the first time the sexual abuse of nuns by priests ...

Researchers are trying to trace the owner of a USB stick that survived the trip through the innards ...

LONDON—U.S. social-media bosses could face arrest if they fail to moderate harmful content on their sites, the UK ...

New vegetation and a mysterious, sticky mud were found on one of the world’s newest islands, located in ...

Customers of a Canadian cryptocurrency exchange are not able to access $190 million in funds after the founder ...