An Iranian general who replaced the leader killed by a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad vowed in remarks aired Monday to take revenge as Tehran abandoned the remaining limits of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers in response to the slaying.
True to his reputation, host Ricky Gervais opened the 77th Golden Globes with a mix of evisceration and exasperation, pretending to confuse Joe Pesci for Baby Yoda, calling the Hollywood Foreign Press Association racist and declaring Netflix's takeover of Hollywood.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's decision to kill Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, as Democratic lawmakers questioned whether the action was justified and the United States braced for retaliation.
The Republican chair of the Senate judiciary committee said on Sunday he wants the U.S. Senate to launch an impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump within days and wrap it up this month, even if it means changing Senate rules.
Cooling temperatures and calmer winds brought some relief Sunday to Australian communities raked by wildfires, but the heat stayed on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to accept responsibility for the crisis and take action.
The mysterious respiratory illness that has infected dozens of people in a central Chinese city is not SARS, local authorities said Sunday.
Venezuela's parliament on Sunday swore in legislator Luis Parra as its new leader after government security forces blocked opposition leader Juan Guaido from entering parliament, in what Guaido's allies called a "parliamentary coup."
It has been described as Australia's Galapagos Islands and has long been a refuge for some of the country's most endangered creatures. But devastating wildfires over recent days have undone decades of careful conservation work on Kangaroo Island and have threatened to wipe out some of the island's unique fauna altogether.
More than two years after a wave of sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein ushered in the #MeToo movement, the disgraced movie mogul faces a criminal trial that could him put him behind bars for the rest of his life.
French law states that anyone under the age of 18 must have access to shelter and education - whether they're born in France or not. But some aid groups say that young migrants from Africa are being forced to go to unreasonable lengths to prove their age.
The U.S. military said the security situation was "fluid" at a Kenyan airfield used by U.S. forces after a pre-dawn attack Sunday by the al-Shabaab extremist group. The attack destroyed U.S. aircraft and vehicles and at least four attackers were killed.
Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world's oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan.
Iranian cabinet ministers have responded to Donald Trump's threat to bomb 52 sites in Iran, saying the attacks would be a "war crime" and comparing the U.S. president to Hitler and Genghis Khan.
Iraq's parliament is set to convene an extraordinary session on Sunday where legislators say they will push for a vote on a resolution requiring the government to request the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
