Australia's deadly bushfires estimated to have killed 1.25 billion animals and burned over 20 million acres of area in the country, according to an international environmental group. "Around 1.25 billion animals may have been killed directly or indirectly from fires that have burnt 8.4...

Iran's aviation authority said it would not hand over to Americans the recovered black boxes of a Boeing 737 that crashed Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers and crew. "We will not give the black boxes to the manufacturer (Boeing) and the Americans," Iran Civil Aviation Organisation head...

Pedro Sanchez was sworn in as prime minister Wednesday, becoming head of Spain's first coalition government since the return of democracy in the 1970s. He took the oath before King Felipe VI a day after being narrowly confirmed as premier in parliament and will take office as head of a...

The presidents of Turkey and Russia formally launched the TurkStream pipeline Wednesday which will carry Russian natural gas to southern Europe through Turkey, part of Moscow's efforts to reduce shipments via Ukraine. The pipeline project, stretching 930 km (580 miles) across the Black Sea,...