Japan says it’s safe to release 1.25 million tons of treated water into the sea. But trust is in short supply.

The Saudi crown prince faces possible crimes against humanity charges as German justice looks beyond its borders.

The pontiff paid a visit to the modest home of one of Islam’s most influential figures.

Labor rights groups argue that mandatory vaccines would not stop the spread of the coronvirus but could lead to discrimination on socioeconomic and ethnic grounds.

The pope’s travel plans have been moderated by the pandemic. Nonetheless, thousands of Iraqis lined roads around the airport to catch a glimpse.

The sit-down, which airs Sunday in the U.S. and Monday in Britain, is reported to have the palace in a stir.

Ali Sistani is Iraq’s leading religious authority and a preeminent figure in Shiite Islam.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made his most pointed plea yet for the waiver of some patents.

Since the early days of the religion, diverse Christian communities have lived in what is now Iraq.

It is his first international trip since the start of the pandemic.

It was roughly one year ago, on the eve of a giant technology conference that usually brings more than 100,000 visitors to Barcelona, that business conventions began to feel the squeeze from the coronavirus. Now, organizers wonder if the meetings will ever return.

The one-child policy has left a legacy that will be hard to undo, especially while access to IVF and egg-freezing is restricted to married, straight couples.

Big increases in research and development spending, and purging opposition voices in Hong Kong are part of the latest plans.

After a day of hideous bloodshed, demonstrators returned to the streets.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has drawn ire for his decision to lift the statewide mandate for face coverings.

Archivists are assembling a global time capsule that chronicles what we got right " and what we got wrong.

A rise in water levels is possible as far away as Hawaii and South America.

A longtime Washington-area psychiatrist, he became a confidant, adviser and right-hand-man to Bosnia’s first president, Alija Izetbegovic.

A painter and lithographer, she worked in the ancient tradition of calligraphy, using ink that was centuries old, to produce gems of modern abstract expressionism.

This is the first time an E.U. country has used a new export control power.

Egypt’s presidency says President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has visited Sudan, a trip to address an array of issues, including economic and military ties and the two nations’ dispute with Ethiopia over a massive dam Addis Ababa is building on the Blue Nile

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has handily won a vote of confidence from the National Assembly, days after the embarrassing defeat of his ruling party’s key candidate in Senate elections

The Vaxi Taxi was a godsend for Leslie Reid

Fast-spreading mutant versions of the coronavirus are powering another uptick in infections in Europe

Pope Francis and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric have delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence, urging Muslims to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority during an historic meeting