The U.S. military says it fired on Iranian forces and sank six small boats as it moved to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Guests ascended the famous steps of the Metropolitan Museum and entered a lobby transformed to resemble an Italian garden, with a huge moon hanging from the ceiling

The U.S. military says it’s launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea

A cruise ship with nearly 150 people is waiting for help off Cape Verde's coast in the Atlantic Ocean after three passengers died and three others were left seriously ill in a suspected hantavirus outbreak

Recent court rulings on abortion pill access have reignited a contentious political issue in a midterm year

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has wrested control of the opposition stronghold of West Bengal in a key state election

Alberta separatists have submitted nearly 302,000 signatures to trigger a referendum on leaving Canada

A branch of the Catholic church has expressed concern over reports that Israel is demolishing civilian and religious buildings in southern Lebanon

Doris Fisher, who co-founded the iconic clothing chain The Gap Inc. in 1969 with her late husband Don, has died