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The martial arts grandmaster and action star Chuck Norris has died. His roles in "Walker, Texas Ranger" and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy, sparking internet parodies and adoration from presidents.

Authorities say the French navy has intercepted a tanker suspected of helping Russia dodge oil sanctions over its war on Ukraine.

The death of U.S. college student James "Jimmy" Gracey in Spain was likely an accident, local authorities have said.

Manchester City and Norway striker Erling Haaland wants to bring new audiences to chess after becoming a strategic investor in a world championship tour scheduled to launch next year.

Maddi Gordon is a Top Fuel rookie who delighted crowds and dazzled colleagues at the NHRA season opener.

Belgium has unveiled a new men's away soccer jersey that celebrates René Magritte and the country's surrealist roots.

A video taken by tiny drones sent into one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shows a gaping hole in the thick-walled steel container of the core, with lumps of likely fuel debris hanging from it, in a first ...

A Kuwaiti oil refinery has been hit as Iran launches new attacks on regional energy infrastructure. Sirens sounded early Friday in Israel warning of incoming fire, while explosions boomed over Tehran as Israel hit Iran as the country marked the ...

Asian shares have been mixed following losses on Wall Street, and oil prices have pared earlier gains on the intensifying Iran war, falling back to around $107 per barrel after briefly surging to about $119 a barrel on Thursday.

North Carolina blew a 19-point lead to fall in overtime to VCU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.