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Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a ban on Afghanistan's Taliban, who were designated as a terrorist group more than two decades ago.

Pope Francis visited Rome's main prison Thursday and met with dozens of inmates as he kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least fortunate, even as he continues recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia.

Actor Michelle Trachtenberg died as a result of complications from diabetes, New York City's medical examiner said Wednesday.

British soldiers have tested a groundbreaking new radio wave weapon, taking down swarms of drones in the first test of its kind, U.K. officials said.

Stitch by stitch, artisans have worked for months on the elaborate garments that will debut this week in Holy Week processions across Guatemala and beyond.

A District man has been charged with stabbing a Metro Transit Police Department officer who tried to stop him from evading his fare at the Navy Yard Metrorail station.

Kazakhstan and the other post-Soviet republics in Central Asia are warily eyeing Russia's war in Ukraine.

The Washington Commanders are nearing a return to the District after playing more than 25 seasons in Maryland.

Patty Morin, mother of Rachel Morin, the Maryland mother slain by an illegal immigrant, challenged the White House press corps Wednesday to "tell the truth" about illegal immigration and crime.

President Trump said Wednesday he met with a delegation from Japan to negotiate "trade fairness" as nations try to avoid the reimposition of hefty U.S. tariffs.