A referendum in Mexico on Sunday is going to cost Mexico about $25 million, few like the poorly written question on the ballot, and the vote is being held in the coronavirus pandemic

U.S. Navy explosive experts believe a “drone strike” targeted an oil tanker that came under attack off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea, killing two on board

The age-range of competitors in skateboarding's Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games is remarkably broad and testifies to the sport’s inclusivity

The Navajo Nation on Saturday reported 25 additional COVID-19 cases as officials said some tribal members are foregoing needed precautions to ward off spread of the coronavirus

Panicked tourists in Turkey hurried to the seashore to wait for rescue boats after being told to evacuate some hotels in the Aegean resort town of Bodrum due to the dangers posed by nearby wildfires

China and India have missed a U.N. deadline to submit fresh targets for cutting their greenhouse gas emissions

Thousands of people in France have turned out to protest a special virus pass by marching through Paris and other French cities

Germany's center-right candidate to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor in the country's September election says he feels “deep shame and humility” over Nazi Germany's “crimes” against the Poles during World War II

A wildfire in western Greece has forced the evacuation of four villages and people on a beach by the Fire Service, the Coast Guard and private boats

Firefighters on the Italian island of Sicily on Saturday battled dozens of wildfires fueled by temperatures topping 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit), prompting the region’s governor to request assistance from Rome

Albania’s prime minister says the country is repatriating from the Al Hol camp in Syria five Albanian women and 14 children related to Albanians who joined Islamist extremist groups fighting in Syria and Iraq

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s wife, Carrie, has announced she is expecting the couple’s second child

There’s a lot more to building a beach volleyball court than just stringing up a net by the sea

Alice Dearing is the first Black female swimmer to make Britain's Olympic team, but the ambassador for a bathing cap for natural hair won't be able to use the covering in competition

The Tokyo Olympics are using about 100 interpreters to render joy and heartbreak into 11 languages

At first, this remote village in Serbia seems sleepy and almost abandoned like many other in the Balkan country

Estonia’s second-largest city of Tartu is making rapid progress in vaccinating children aged 12 to 17 ahead of the school year that begins Sept. 1

Thousands of new coronavirus cases have been reported in West Africa in recent weeks amid low vaccination rates and the spread of the delta variant

An administrative court judge has ordered that anyone entering a Dallas County courthouse must be wearing a mask to be admitted

Canada’s chief public health officer says the country could face a fourth wave of COVID-19, driven by the delta variant, by the end of summer if restrictions are eased too quickly and before enough people have been vaccinated