At least 75 people were injured in a 5.9-magnitude earthquake that shook Gilangharb city in Kermanshah province in the west

A shallow and strong earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia early Monday, with no potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency

New York City has raised its minimum wage to 15 U.S. dollars an hour this year in an effort to

Senior Trump administration officials and Democratic congressional staffers met Saturday without achieving any breakthrough in ending a partial government shutdown

China's Henan Province issued a red alert for heavy air pollution Friday, forecasting the pollution to persist for several days.  

Armed militants on Saturday intercepted a civilian vehicle in Afghanistan's western Farah province and abducted 12 commuters, in apparent tit-for-tat

Three people have been killed and four others injured in a shooting at the Gable House Bowl in the U.S.

Detroit-based U.S. automaker Ford on Friday announced to recall about 953,000 vehicles worldwide, as certain Takata passenger air bag inflators

Police killed early on Friday a former mayor and his brother in southern Philippines' Maguindanao province in anti-drug operations.    Based

Six people were killed and eight others injured on Thursday afternoon in a multi-vehicle crash on a highway in U.S.