One by one, 13 Buddhist monks wearing brightly colored silk costumes and wide-brimmed black hats, stepped onto the rectangular courtyard of the Hemis monastery. They began a ritual dance to a slow ...

Executions in Saudi Arabia surged last year to a record high, Amnesty International said Monday, as activists increasingly warn about the kingdom's use of the death penalty in nonviolent drug cases.

The All England Club, somewhat ironically, is blaming ''human error'' for a glaring mistake by the electronic system that replaced human line judges this year at Wimbledon.

Wimbledon's major expansion plan includes adding an 8,000-seat stadium with a retractable roof and 38 other grass courts at a former golf course across the street that would allow the All England Club ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump are set to meet for the third time this year. Among the issues for discussion: Israel's 21-month war against Hamas in Gaza and ...

Paris couture week opened not with sequins or red carpet pageantry, but with a black-feathered omen. Cardi B, wrapped in a custom Schiaparelli gown of graphic fringe, stood beneath the gilded columns ...

A South African top security official accused the police minister and a deputy national commissioner of colluding with crime syndicates, sparking public uproar.

The president of the European Union's executive branch, Ursula von der Leyen, faces a no-confidence vote this week linked in part to text messages she exchanged with a pharmaceutical boss during the ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Dodgers head into the matchup against the Milwaukee Brewers after losing three in a row. Milwaukee is 27-17 in home games and 50-40 overall. Brewers hitters are batting a ...

A U.S. envoy said Monday he was satisfied with the Lebanese government's response to a proposal to disarm the militant Hezbollah group, adding that Washington is ready to help the small crisis-hit ...

Three people were killed and 10 others injured in a shooting early Monday in a South Philadelphia neighborhood, authorities said.

Three more Turkish soldiers have died from methane gas poisoning following a cave search operation in northern Iraq, Turkey's Defense Ministry said Monday, bringing the death toll to eight. The ...