South African artist Thokozani Mthiyane told dozens of children from a Brooklyn school to close their eyes and imagine 'the worst scenario that you can.'

The United Nations’ highest court on Wednesday ordered the United States to lift sanctions on Iran that affect imports of humanitarian goods and products and services linked to the safety of civil aviation.

Pope Francis is urging Catholic bishops to dream of a future free of the mistakes and sins of the past, as he opens a global gathering of church leaders amid renewed outrage over the priestly sex abuse and cover-up scandal.

The Islamic State group says one of its leaders in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has been killed.

A Finnish icebreaker has conducted an oil spill response exercise in the Baltic Sea, testing a new, inbuilt oil recovery system — a first for an icebreaker.

The Latest on the arrest of the wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (all times local):

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has assumed responsibility for France’s domestic security after the interior minister resigned in an apparent act of defiance toward President Emmanuel Macron.

The 19-country eurozone economy lost momentum in September despite a resilient performance by the services sector in Italy, according to a closely watched survey released Wednesday.

An international rights group is urging Egypt to reveal the whereabouts of a rights lawyer who went missing after being detained.

Police caught one of France’s most wanted men in his hometown in a pre-dawn raid Wednesday, three months after his spectacular helicopter escape from prison.