A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo early Wednesday in apparent protest against the state funeral planned next week for former leader Shinzo Abe, officials and media reports said.
The independent arbiter tasked with inspecting documents seized in an FBI search of former U.S. president Donald Trump's Florida home says he intends to push briskly through the process and appeared skeptical of the Trump team's stance on whether the records had been declassified.
When Prakrit Jain and Harper Forbes first saw the picture of an unidentified scorpion in the California desert, they knew they were looking at something special.
Atletico Madrid on Tuesday condemned the racist chants made by some of its fans against Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior and pledged to work with authorities to identify those responsible.
Maury Wills, who intimidated pitchers with his base-stealing prowess as a shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers on three World Series championship teams, has died. He was 89.
After a year spent off-air, the Golden Globe Awards are returning to NBC in January, as the embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association seeks a prime-time comeback after more than a year of turmoil.
Sarah Koenig, host of the true crime podcast Serial, believes prosecutors are unlikely to seek a new murder trial for Adnan Syed, who was freed from prison Monday after prosecutors admitted multiple concerns about his 1999 conviction.
A top United Nations official on Tuesday demanded an independent investigation into the death of an Iranian woman held by the country's morality police as authorities acknowledged making arrests at protests over the incident.
In an alarming assessment, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has told world leaders that nations are "gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction" and aren't ready or willing to tackle the major challenges that threaten the future of humanity.
Brittney Griner's highly publicized legal woes in Russia and the country's invasion of Ukraine has the top WNBA players opting to take their talents elsewhere this off-season.
Hurricane Fiona pounded the Dominican Republic after creating widespread damage to property and the power grid in Puerto Rico.
A Texas county sheriff is opening a criminal investigation into flights that carried dozens of migrants to Martha's Vineyard, Mass., stating he believed they were 'lured under false pretenses' from the streets of San Antonio.
