Hundreds of Ukrainian women and girls have reported sexual violence by Russian troops during the four-year war in Ukraine.

A Topeka child had cigarette burns, bruising and other signs of severe abuse when first responders arrived at her home and ...

While the coach made sure the players were safe, three men, including a dad of one of the hockey players, leapt into action to subdue the gunman. Then the coach returned to the scene to help the ...

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), headed by General Manager Melquiades Robles, formally turned over ChariTimba food packs, medical devices, and rescue and emergency kits to the ...

Three Israeli women describe how the June 2025 conflict with Iran affected them and their families, and how they feel now that tensions are rising once again.

Authorities say police recovered a “ghost gun” while investigating the shooting that injured a 16-year-old Wootton High ...

The rebels swept through large chunks of eastern DRC, claiming a revolution, before entering Goma – the capital of North Kivu province – in January 2025, seizing the city from the Congolese army and ...

Valley View Elementary School in Columbia Heights has been front and center during Minnesota’s ICE surge. The school has transformed to meet the changing needs of its students over the last two months ...

Following FEMA's decision to deny Illinois’ appeal for aid, alderpeople and community leaders are stepping up to help South and West side neighbors, from creating heat maps of flood-prone areas to ...

SQUINTING ahead at his Taliban captors, aid worker Kevin Cornwell could see an AK-47, a video camera and a small yellow sticky note. On the latter, written in misspelt English, was the false claim ...

On a sunny midweek morning last month, the risk of an avalanche across a broad swath of the Swiss Alps was judged to be “considerable”, according to a daily bulletin issued by the Swiss Institute for ...

Palestinians have gathered at Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt, hoping to pass through after it reopened Monday. Delays and uncertainty have marred the process. On the Egyptian side, ...