Young Fumie Sato swayed between life and death on the day Japan's surrender ended World War II

The U.S. military says the Iranian navy boarded and briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S. The U.S. military’s Central Command published a black-and-white video showing what appeared to be special forces fast-roping down from a helicopter onto the MV Wila on Wednesday

A Connecticut woman who became famous for her gritty and colorful performances of Shakespeare on the streets of a college town has died of the coronavirus

Kamala Harris has often focused on her identity as a Black woman

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is defending his committee's investigation into Ukraine and Joe Biden from criticism that his probe is politically motivated and advancing Russian interests

Mauritius says it is seeking compensation from the owners of a Japanese ship that’s spilling oil after it grounded in the shallow waters off the Indian Ocean island nation

Hong Kong's new national security law has many in the former British colony worried that Beijing is stripping their city of its freedoms

Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, more than 1 million Japanese war dead are scattered throughout Asia, where the legacy of Japanese aggression still hampers recovery efforts

A last-minute battle is unfolding over the fate of a former paramilitary warlord who the Colombian government wants returned following 12 years in U.S. prison

President Donald Trump says showers aren't flowing enough for his taste or his hair

A former Ecuadorian president known for his wild antics has been detained in an organized crime probe as authorities investigate the murder of an Israeli man jailed in a possible COVID-19 medical supplies scandal

The top U.S. commander for the Middle East is warning that elements of the Islamic State group are working to rebuild in western Syria, where the U.S. has little visibility or presence

Thousands of protesters rallied in Belarus’ capital and other cities for a fourth straight night, decrying an election they say was rigged to extend the 26-year rule of the country’s authoritarian leader and the crackdown on subsequent demonstrations

People are on edge in Argentina, where the number of new coronavirus cases is surging despite nearly five months of strict limits on movement and activities in the Buenos Aires area, home to about two-thirds of the country’s population

British Transport Police say three people died and six were taken to the hospital with injuries after a passenger train derailed in northeast Scotland after heavy rain and flooding