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The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday ordered a widespread evacuation of Gaza City, telling civilians they must leave the area ahead of a major offensive aimed at removing Hamas fighters in the capital of the Gaza Strip.

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court began presenting evidence Tuesday to support their charges against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court's first-ever in absentia hearing, alleging that he inflicted horrors on ...

A freight train sheared a double-decker bus in half at a crossing northwest of Mexico City early Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 40, authorities said.

Israeli authorities launched raids throughout the West Bank on Monday, looking for information on a deadly shooting attack at a bus stop in north Jerusalem that killed six and injured at least 12 others.

Under the terms of a new agreement, NATO members are on the hook to spend 5% of their GDP on defense. European leaders, however, are scrambling to meet -- or at least appear to meet -- the new benchmark.

Police used pepper spray inside the Istanbul offices of Turkey's main opposition party on Monday, to disperse dozens of party officials and clear the way for a court-appointed interim chairman to enter the building amid fierce protests over his ...

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday she doesn't think the detention of hundreds of South Koreans in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will deter investment in the United States because such tough actions mean ...

In the city of Bukavu in eastern Congo, Alain Mukumiro argues in a small wooden hut with a shopkeeper who refuses to take his money.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is making a last-ditch effort to save his job, urging lawmakers expected to topple him in a confidence vote later Monday to back his plans to curb France's debts that he said are "submerging us."

Senior Ukrainian officials led 60 foreign diplomats on a tour of damaged government offices in the heart of Kyiv on Monday, a day after Russia's largest aerial attack on Ukraine since its all-out invasion began more than three years ago.