Tag: World News

Britain’s Conservative Party has reached a total of 326 seats in the House of Commons, ensuring it will form a majority government. Counts by broadcasters BBC, ITV, and Sky News …

SANTIAGO—The Chilean Air Force said on Wednesday it had located debris believed to be from a military cargo plane that crashed this week with 38 people aboard over a remote …

Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has labeled social media bosses “morally bankrupt” for failing to stop online child abuse and exploitation. Dutton savaged tech titans for pushing back against …

The Treasury Department on Dec. 11 imposed new sanctions on an Iranian airline as well as an Iranian shipping network involved in smuggling lethal aid to Yemen on behalf of …

Child prodigy Laurent Simons has left his university course, following a dispute over his graduation date. Laurent, 9, made world headlines in November when news emerged that he was due to finish …

New Zealand has ordered 1,292 square feet of skin to treat patients injured in Monday’s volcanic eruption on White Island, authorities said Wednesday. A total of 47 people were on White Island, …

WHAKATANE, New Zealand—A New Zealand island volcano vented more steam and mud Wednesday, prompting authorities to delay plans to recover the bodies of victims from a deadly eruption two days …

MEXICO CITY—Four people were killed and two injured in a shooting on Saturday near Mexico’s National Palace, the presidential residence in the capital’s historic downtown, officials said. President Andres Manuel …

NEW DELHI—At least 34 people died on Sunday in a major fire that broke out in a building in a grains market in central New Delhi, a doctor in a …

LONDON—A British teenager admitted on Friday to throwing a six-year-old French boy from a 10th-floor viewing platform at the Tate Modern art gallery in London with the intention of killing …