
This story has been updated. The crisis over the whereabouts of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, which has sparked a global outcry, “may spin out of control” and push the… Read more

A sporting goods company has decided to stop selling kayaks as it is faced with record numbers of people trying to cross the Channel. The small boats “could be used… Read more

LONDON — A group of LGBTQ Afghans who fled their home country have arrived in Britain, the first in a wave that London says it will evacuate, as advocates warn… Read more

The Washington Post Democracy Dies in Darkness Heather Mack is released Oct. 29 from a prison in Bali after serving seven years of a 10-year sentence. (Johannes Christo/Reuters) An American… Read more

Syrian father Munzir al-Nazzal has struggled to get by since he was injured in a bombing of a market and fled to Turkey. His thoughts are not on the broken… Read more

Norwegian authorities were quick to sketch out a method and possible motive after a 35-minute rampage last week that left five people dead in Kongsberg: The suspect, they said, targeted… Read more

An earthquake killed at least 20 people and wounded many more when it struck southwest Pakistan, burying sleeping residents before dawn on Thursday. Mud houses collapsed, roofs caved in and… Read more

The mayor who once made headlines for embracing migrants in his small Italian village has been handed a 13-year prison sentence. Domenico Lucano’s experiment to revive his hilltop village in… Read more

Pope Francis has a message for his haters: “Still alive. Even though some people wanted me dead.” Hundreds of Italians cheered for him under a Rome hospital balcony this summer.… Read more

Fouad Kérabee checked his status online almost every day to verify if he is now French citizens. When he spotted his name in a list of people whose applications got… Read more