Roger Federer is retiring from professional tennis at age 41 after a series of knee operations, closing a career in which he won 20 Grand Slam titles, finished five seasons ranked No. 1 and helped create a golden era of men's tennis with rivals Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Federer posted...

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of mourners lined up through the night to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II in Parliament’s Westminster Hall on Thursday, as King Charles III spent a day in private to reflect on his first week on the throne. The queue to see the queen lying in state...

Syrians are facing increasing suffering and hardships due to the deadly consequences of over a decade of war, a new UN report said on Tuesday. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic released a new report on human rights in Syria during the 51st...

Egyptian authorities on Wednesday ordered the release of Al-Jazeera journalists held by Cairo, according to a local official.   "I welcome the decision of the Egyptian Public Prosecution to release the journalists of Al Jazeera who were placed in pre-trial custody," Tarek al-Awady,...