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The 95-year-old leader of a secretive South Korean church has been arrested as authorities widened an investigation into allegations that he illegally …

Families explain how they became part of the biggest maternity scandal in NHS history. 

Thousands of African immigrants are leaving South Africa because of a rise in anti-migration anger that sparked attacks against foreigners 

Iván Cepeda has conceded Colombia’s presidential election to Abelardo de la Espriella, a conservative outsider endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump 

The head of the U.N.’s nuclear agency says Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in …

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Great Britain, France and Germany on Wednesday issued a rare joint statement expressing alarm over Chinese activities east of …

A combination of factors is making this heatwave more uncomfortable than some we have had in the past, as Simon King explains. 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is retreating from a plan to use warehouses to hold up to 10,000 people on a single …

The legislation represents one of the most sweeping efforts in decades to increase the supply of housing and bring down prices. 

Germany’s railway network operator says a late-night communication system outage left trains and travelers stranded around Germany was caused by workers swapping …