A nine-year-old Black girl who was pepper sprayed by police in Rochester, N.Y., pleaded "please don't do this to me" and "it burns" as she waited handcuffed in the back seat of a police cruiser for 16 minutes, according to new police body camera footage released Thursday.
Criminal charges have been dropped against two police officers seen on video last spring shoving a 75-year-old protester to the ground in Buffalo, N.Y., prosecutors said Thursday.
Britain, France and Germany on Thursday condemned a spate of attacks on Saudi Arabia claimed by Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen, saying the proliferation of drones posed a serious threat to regional stability.
Around the world, shutting down the internet has become an increasingly popular tactic of repressive and authoritarian regimes and some illiberal democracies. Digital rights groups say governments use it to stifle dissent, silence opposition voices or cover up human rights abuses, raising concerns about restricting freedom of speech.
Democrats making the case that Donald Trump should be convicted of inciting the siege at the U.S. Capitol will focus on Thursday on the damage wrought by the riot and the former president's role in inflaming the rampage.
A British judge has ruled Thursday that the Mail on Sunday newspaper and its MailOnline website invaded Duchess of Sussex's privacy by publishing a personal letter to her estranged father.
Lucasfilm says Gina Carano is no longer a part of The Mandalorian cast after many people online called for her firing over a social media post that likened the experience of Jews during the Holocaust to the U.S. political climate.
Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany didn't act quickly enough last fall to prevent a second surge in coronavirus infections.
Fans are flocking back to see Come From Away in Melbourne, Australia, where the Canadian musical is one of the first theatre productions to reopen its doors following months of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.
Russia has scored a political and medical victory last week with the scientific community’s validation of its Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus. Still, some still view it as another tool in Vladimir Putin's PR campaign and vow they'll have nothing to do with it no matter how well it works.
Japan's Kyodo news agency and others reported on Thursday — citing unnamed sources — that Yoshiro Mori will step down on Friday as the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee.
