TEL AVIV, Israel — In a ceremony surrounded by masked Palestinian militants and rubble from the Gaza war, Hamas released three Israeli hostages holding U.S., Russian and Argentinian citizenships on ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sharply rebuked U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Saturday, a day after Vance gave a speech saying European leaders should not shun far-right political parties. At the ...

TEL AVIV — In a ceremony surrounded by masked Palestinian militants and rubble from the Gaza war, Hamas released three Israeli hostages holding U.S., Russian and Argentinian citizenships on Saturday.

ROME — Doctors on Saturday prescribed "absolute rest" for Pope Francis and modified the treatment for his respiratory tract infection, the Vatican said, a day after the 88-year-old pope was admitted ...

The federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws has moved to dismiss its own lawsuit on behalf of a worker allegedly fired for his sexual orientation and gender identity, arguing ...

A year and a half ago, neuroscientist Kamilla Souza got the call she'd been waiting for. A baby humpback whale was adrift just offshore, in the waters off southeastern Brazil. It had died — and she ...

How many ways can you photograph a screen? "So many ways," says Munira Mutaher, a Sri Lanka-based photo editor for Rest of the World, a nonprofit publication that chronicles the astonishing ...

SEATTLE — A second federal judge on Friday paused President Donald Trump's executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19. U.S. District Court Judge ...

The top federal prosecutor in Washington D.C. has an unusual backstory. He has no prior experience prosecuting violations of the law. Instead, he has defended people accused of breaking it, after the ...

The ascension of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Health and Human Services secretary gives the longtime activist against vaccines broad control over federal health policy, including the government's stance ...

The Trump administration is targeting the federal workforce with sweeping cuts. Recently hired federal employees who are still on probationary status are some of the first positions on the chopping ...

The Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency team continue to crash into more federal agencies– shutting down ongoing work and firing thousands of federal employees. It is a ...