Earth, for the second year running, is nearing apocalypse, a science-oriented advocacy group said, pointing to its famous "Doomsday Clock" that shows 90 seconds till midnight.
Israel said 21 soldiers died when two buildings exploded and collapsed; three more died fighting in southern Gaza. Israel says it's investigating the incident, which Hamas claims responsibility for.
The 4-year-old giraffe arrived Tuesday at his new home in a large animal park in central Mexico. He was transferred following pressure from animal advocates, and after he spent the last year alone.
Turkish legislators endorsed Sweden's membership in NATO, lifting a major hurdle on the previously nonaligned country's entry into the military alliance.
In writer Tanja Maljartschuk's novel, the narrator's malaise and weakening attachment to time serve as a metaphor for today's Ukraine, as well as for other struggling democracies, including our own.
The Israeli military says it has encircled Gaza's second largest city, where fierce battles with Hamas continue. Dozens of people have been killed and thousands have fled further south.
Jewish and Arab children learn alongside each other at the Hand in Hand school. They're taught in Hebrew and Arabic, in a program unusual in Israel for integrating students of different backgrounds.
The U.S. and U.K. said they used warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets to take out Houthi missile storage sites, drones and launchers.
The temple inauguration marks the culmination of a decades-long dispute over a site Hindus believe is the birthplace of the god Ram. Critics call the temple a monument to India's eroding secularism.
The lander was powered down at 12% battery power — saving enough juice for a potential restart. Now Japan's space agency will see if its solar cell can give the lander any electricity.
2024 will be awash in new (and sometimes familiar) buzzwords that point up the polycrises (another buzzword) around the planet. Here's a guide for the perplexed.
The disaster struck in the early morning in the village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of Yunnan province. Rescue efforts were underway to find victims buried in houses, officials said.
The melanoma was found after several moles were removed while she was undergoing reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy. Doctors are analyzing it to see if it was caught early.