TOKYO — The head of Japan's Komeito says it is leaving the ruling coalition headed by the Liberal Democratic Party due to concerns over corruption. The decision announced Friday by Komeito leader ...

CHICAGO — An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection early Friday in the state's third execution since resuming capital punishment last year. Roy ...

PARIS — After a week of intense political turmoil, French President Emmanuel Macron is set to appoint a new prime minister Friday in his latest bid to break the political deadlock that has gripped the ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean investigators on Friday indicted the 82-year-old leader of the Unification Church, Hak Ja Han, over allegations that she instructed church officials to bribe the wife ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo — A U.S. peace plan has propelled former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to the forefront of efforts to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. While his legacy in the Middle East is ...

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake off the southern Philippines has damaged buildings, knocked out power, killed at least one person and prompted evacuations of coastal areas nearby due to a possible tsunami ...

OSLO, Norway — The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce Friday who has won the Nobel Peace Prize, a highly coveted but notoriously unpredictable award. Experts say the committee typically focuses ...

TAYBEH, West Bank — Early on Sundays, bells call the faithful to worship at the three churches in this hilltop village that the Gospel narrates Jesus visited. It is now the last entirely Christian one ...

CHARLOTTE — Banana Ball is set to return to Charlotte after the popularity of the last Savannah Bananas game in the Queen City. The games were announced Thursday, and the schedule is set at Truist ...

CHARLOTTE — The city’s new women’s basketball team introduced its name and logo — say hello to the Charlotte Crown — and first head coach on Thursday as the organization takes shape for its debut in ...

Authorities say Russian airstrikes have injured at least nine people, damaged residential buildings and caused blackouts across parts of the Ukrainian capital ...

WASHINGTON — After months of gridlock, President Donald Trump finally landed a long-sought Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza — an agreement that only came together after a weekslong ...