Staunch conservative and longtime lawmaker Sanae Takaichi is days away from becoming Japan’s first woman prime minister, and she inherits a daunting list of challenges.

Tech giant Nvidia has been caught in the middle of international trade tensions as the standoff between the United States and China continues to escalate.

US stocks closed sharply lower Friday after President Donald Trump threatened to hike tariffs on imports from China, reigniting fears of a trade war that rocked global markets earlier this year.

French President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to his post, despite accepting his resignation Monday following the collapse of his overnight government.

US President Donald Trump spoke on Friday with Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado after his administration denounced the committee awarding her the honor.

A 2,000-year-old tunnel once used by Roman emperors to slip into the Colosseum unseen will open to the public this month, offering visitors a rare glimpse of the arena’s imperial backstage.

From working on the latest film costumes for Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri, to designing for French luxury label Celine, Giulia Piersanti has a strong hand in clothing some of the world’s most stylish ...

Federal workers are now feeling the reality of the shutdown. Many are due this week to receive partial paychecks, compensating them only for the days they worked before the government shut down on Oct ...

President Donald Trump saw another one of his opponents indicted — but he also gave New York Attorney General Letitia James her best single day of fundraising in a nearly 30-year political career.

More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing ...

Dina Boluarte, the president of Peru, was removed from office on Thursday after a late-night congressional vote in which ...

Thousands of Palestinians began the long, dusty walk from the south of Gaza toward Gaza City after a ceasefire came into effect in the enclave on Friday. They found their city lying in ruins – yet ...