UNICEF has called on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to lift their ban on girls’ secondary education as the new school year begins. The UN children’s agency said the ban deprives another 400,000 girls of ...

When Serena Williams retired, she culminated a groundbreaking career where she won 23 Grand Slam titles while breaking ...

As Israel orders wide new evacuations across the Gaza Strip, Palestinians say they are crushed by exhaustion and ...

Residents scoured collapsed buildings Sunday searching for survivors as aftershocks rattled the devastated city of Mandalay, ...

The true impact of the massive earthquake in Myanmar is starting to reveal itself. The military government says the official death toll is more than 2,000 people and hundreds are still missing.

Irvine Barclay Theatre, one of Orange County’s top performing arts venues, will kick off its 35th season of bringing top-tier artists to Southern California with a community celebration of music and ...

The longer the Trump administration ignores mounting market distress, the clearer it becomes that moving full speed ahead ...

Assets jumped 51%, staff more than doubled, and the cost of running the $97 billion pension fund remained enviably low. At 37 ...

The appeal by UNICEF comes as a new school year began in Afghanistan without ... failed to pay staff unsuccessfully argued it ...

Meanwhile, Labour government toughens rhetoric against the genocide, but stops short of making any changes in policy or ...

Israeli fire has killed four people and wounded 14 in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, Palestinian officials said, even as a fragile ceasefire with Hamas has largely held. Israeli strikes ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led government funding bill that ...