Scouts Australia Chief Commissioner Phil Harrison issues a formal apology to victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Scout leaders and volunteers over the course of many decades in a video statement released Oct. 5, 2018. Scouts Australia CANBERRA,…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu JERUSALEM -- Israeli police are questioning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a 12th time as part of their investigations into corruption allegations. Investigators arrived Friday at Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem as protesters gathered outside…
Meng Hongwei, president of Interpol, gives an addresses at the opening of the Interpol World Congress in Singapore on July 4, 2017. Getty French police have opened an investigation into the reported disappearance last month of Meng Hongwei, the Chinese…
A file photo shows the exterior of the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway. Getty Last Updated Oct 5, 2018 5:08 AM EDT The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist…
ISTANBUL -- The Washington Post printed a blank column in its newspaper Friday in solidarity with a Saudi contributor who went missing while on a visit to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, raising concerns about his safety. Separately, the Post's…
A trio of Democratic senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee has written a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats requesting "additional information" about President Trump's accusation, made last week at the United Nations General Assembly in New York,…
PALU, Indonesia — Wuhan is just 1, but her face already tells a story. When a 20-foot-high tsunami roared into Palu after an earthquake hit, it tore through everything in its path. Wuhan was swept into the water and disappeared…
More than 250 deaths can be attributed to selfie-taking, a study found. Sergio Moraes/Reuters A study by researchers from the U.S. National Library of Medicine found a staggering number of selfie-related deaths throughout the world. Based on an examination of…
A strong typhoon was heading toward southern Japan's Okinawa islands as a powerful hurricane prompted evacuations from a remote atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Typhoon Kong-rey was on a track that could take it to South Korea. The Japan…
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military says one service member has been killed in action in Afghanistan. The announcement Thursday from Kabul provided no details. It said the matter is under investigation. In line with standard practice, the name of the…
U.S. first lady Melania Trump looks on as she visits a school in Lilongwe, Malawi, October 4, 2018. Carlo Allegri / REUTERS Melania Trump was greeted by cheerful songs and smiling children as she paid a visit to a school…
U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division John Demers listens during a press conference to announce an indictment charging seven Russian military officers with malicious cyber activities against the U.S. and its allies at the Department of Justice…
LISBON, Portugal -- Cristiano Ronaldo has been left off Portugal's national team squad for a pair of upcoming matches, the decision coming as the soccer great fights rape allegations in the United States. Ronaldo has been accused of rape by…
PALU, Indonesia -- Indonesian marines are pouring into the area devastated by an earthquake and tsunami to help with rescues. The death toll climbed overnight to more than 1,420 and Indonesia has still not evacuated all of the injured, six…
Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday plans to accuse China of trying to undermine President Donald Trump as the administration deploys tough new rhetoric over Chinese trade, economic, and foreign policies. In a speech to the Hudson Institute, Pence will…
Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday plans to accuse China of trying to undermine President Donald Trump as the administration deploys tough new rhetoric over Chinese trade, economic, and foreign policies. In a speech to the Hudson Institute, Pence will…
Journalists wait at the entrance of the headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, Netherlands, April 18, 2018. Getty Last Updated Oct 4, 2018 6:58 AM EDT The Netherlands' defense and intelligence services,…
Journalists wait at the entrance of the headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, Netherlands, April 18, 2018. Getty Last Updated Oct 4, 2018 6:58 AM EDT The Netherlands' defense and intelligence services,…
U.S. Secretary for Defence Jim Mattis (R) talks to Britain's Defense Minister Gavin Williamson before a signing ceremony following a meeting of NATO defence ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Oct. 3, 2018. Getty BRUSSELS -- British Defense Secretary Gavin…
ISTANBUL -- Saudi Arabia's Consulate in Istanbul insisted Thursday that a missing Saudi contributor to The Washington Post left its building before disappearing, directly contradicting Turkish officials who say they believe the writer is still inside. The comments further deepen…
PALU, Indonesia — Food and supplies are trickling into Indonesia as the official death toll from last week's earthquake and tsunami has now topped 1,400 people. In Palu, the situation is increasingly desperate, but 17 countries including the U.S. have promised…
People have been visiting haunted house attractions since the early 19th century. These are some of our favorite terrified haunted-house reactions from recent years. The Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagara Falls, Canada, photographs all of its guests at a particular point in…
A wine distillery in Italy had a massive cleanup on its hands after one of its fermentation tanks spilled more than 8,000 of Prosecco last week. In a viral 6-second video uploaded to Facebook last week, a river of wine…
A cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts finished packing up their Soyuz ferry ship Wednesday and prepared to undock from the International Space Station early Thursday for a fiery descent to touch down on the steppe of Kazakhstan. The trip closes…