Australia has granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women's soccer team who were in the country for a tournament when the Iran war began.

The Taliban has released a video of an interrogation of a girl who passed as a boy. It's an age-old practice in this patriarchal society but now appears to be happening with some frequency.

A Republican push to alter the census may lead to a radical shift in redistricting for state legislatures — drawing districts that don't take into account children and non-U.S. citizen adults.

In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.

Geese's iconic "V" formations and trademark squawks can be seen and heard overhead as they go back and forth to the south through the year. But what does it take for such a long trip?

For decades, parents were told to help children build willpower like a muscle, to resist things like junk food and too much time on their screens. But new research suggests a better strategy.

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On Monday, federal officials with the U.S. Attorney's office in the Southern District of New York unsealed charges against ...

Twelve years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished with 239 people aboard, a deep-sea search has so far failed to ...

Sunday's attack brought the death toll to at least 157 people since the Trump administration began targeting alleged ...

March 8 is International Women's Day — a date picked in honor of a remarkable Russian protest. During World War I, women in ...

Speaking at a political gathering in Beijing, China's foreign minister Wang Yi outlined his country's positions on the war in ...