U.S. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an "agreement in principle" to raise the country's legal debt ceiling, but now Congress must rush to approve the spending cuts package in a matter of days to avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default.

A man accused of opening an emergency exit door during a flight in South Korea was formally arrested on Sunday and faces up to 10 years in prison on a charge of violating the aviation security law, officials said.

Ukraine's capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia's invasion last year, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday. At least one person was killed.

Now that Ron DeSantis is officially running to become the Republican nominee for the U.S. presidential election in 2024, voters can examine his time as Florida’s governor to get a better sense of his priorities. And while his campaign is just beginning, Florida serves as an initial blueprint for how he operates.

South Korean authorities detained a man on Friday after he opened a door of an Asiana Airlines plane minutes before it was due to land in the city of Daegu, causing panic among the passengers, officials said.

Travellers arriving in the U.K. faced hours-long delays on Saturday after a technical problem shut electronic border gates at airports across the country, forcing everyone to have their passports checked manually on what was expected to be one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.

One of Hong Kong's biggest democratic parties said on Saturday it would disband after a vote by its party members, dealing another blow to the city's already beleaguered democratic opposition under pressure from China.

A British coroner on Friday urged police to wrap up their investigation into a 2021 suicide, amid authorities' renewed scrutiny of an Ontario man's controversial website. Kenneth Law, of Mississauga, Ont., is accused of selling a toxic substance online to at-risk individuals in multiple countries.

Hours after the Florida governor announced his run for president, LeVar Burton of "Reading Rainbow" fame issued a stark warning about what's at stake.

After trailing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis three months ago, former President Trump now has a commanding lead as California Republicans' choice to be their 2024 presidential nominee.

Trump holds a commanding position in the polls, but he is attracting serious rivals who think he can be beaten. That's good news for Republican voters.

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy strike an "agreement in principle" on Saturday to raise the federal government's borrowing limit and cut some spending.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has courted Russia, to U.S. chagrin, while serving as a stalwart in the Western NATO alliance.

Using new DNA technology and genetic genealogy, northern Alabama officials have identified a mutilated body found in the woods in 1997 as a 20-year-old Santa Barbara man.

The election battle between Turkey's president and his main challenger is increasingly focused on one issue: Syrian refugees in their country.

The bison calf struggled to get across a river at Yellowstone National Park. A park visitor tried to help. The calf had to be euthanized when it was rejected by its herd.