The second son of the late supreme leader keeps a low profile. But he's long been viewed as wielding his power behind the scenes, from crushing dissent to influencing presidential elections.

Australia has granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women's soccer team who were in the country for a tournament when the Iran war began.

A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows how he used his wealth to build relationships with prominent scientists.

On Monday, federal officials with the U.S. Attorney's office in the Southern District of New York unsealed charges against ...

The sheriff’s office announced officers would begin using a GPS tracking system made by the company StarChase in February, ...

The Taliban has released a video of an interrogation of a girl who passed as a boy. It's an age-old practice in this patriarchal society but now appears to be happening with some frequency.

A Republican push to alter the census may lead to a radical shift in redistricting for state legislatures — drawing districts that don't take into account children and non-U.S. citizen adults.

In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.

Geese's iconic "V" formations and trademark squawks can be seen and heard overhead as they go back and forth to the south through the year. But what does it take for such a long trip?

For decades, parents were told to help children build willpower like a muscle, to resist things like junk food and too much time on their screens. But new research suggests a better strategy.

March 8 is International Women's Day — a date picked in honor of a remarkable Russian protest. During World War I, women in ...

President Trump is holding a press conference at his golf club in Florida Monday as the U.S. enters its second week of military strikes in Iran and amid soaring oil and gas prices as a result. At the ...