Crews of more than 100 yachts set sail Thursday on a "boat-breaking" Sydney-Hobart yacht race, with gale-force winds and high ...

An attack using explosives at the construction site of a maximum security prison in southwestern Ecuador killed one person on Wednesday, the government said, calling it a "terrorist act." ...

More than 400,000 pills containing the deadly opioid fentanyl were seized and destroyed by Mexico's Attorney General's office, along with six tons of chemical precursors for the drugs, the agency said ...

In post-Assad Syria, stand-up comedians are re-emerging to challenge taboos, mocking the former president and his regime and even testing the waters with Damascus's new rulers.

Japan Airlines on Thursday reported a cyberattack which it said could impact domestic and international flights, but later announced it had identified and addressed the cause.

The fall of the Assad regime has sparked optimism that Syria can transition into a more free-market system, but its new leaders face the challenge of dismantling corruption and diversifying its ...

The number of South Korean students enrolling in Chinese colleges more than tripled last year from 2003. The WSJ’s Jeyup S.

Patrick Mahomes threw three touchdowns as the Kansas City Chiefs clinched the top seed in the AFC with a dominant 29-10 Christmas Day win at the Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday.

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday labeled as "outrageous" a Russian Christmas Day attack on Ukraine's power grid, after Moscow launched over 170 missiles and drones, killing an energy worker.

US President Joe Biden and his incoming successor Donald Trump issued starkly contrasting Christmas messages Wednesday, with ...

A Syria war monitor said nine people were killed Wednesday in clashes in Tartus province after security forces sought to arrest an officer under deposed leader Bashar al-Assad who was linked to a ...

Mikal Bridges and the New York Knicks edged Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs 117-114 in a Christmas Day thriller ...