Walmart reported improved results Thursday on solid US sales and e-commerce growth and again defended its decision to keep selling some guns after a mass shooting at a Texas store. Net income was $3.6 billion, up from an $861 million loss in the year-ago period, when one-time costs related...

Venezuela’s president accused Colombia’s former leader of an attempt to assassinate him, local media reported.  A Colombian envoy and a Venezuelan justice were allegedly involved in the assassination plan, according to the Caracas-based teleSur TV network. "I have learned of a...

More than 500 firefighters battled Thursday to contain a fire sweeping through a pine forest in southern France, with officials warning that strong winds could hinder efforts to bring the blaze under control. Some 900 hectares (2,000 acres) have been destroyed since the fire broke out...

Jeremy Corbyn urged anti-Boris Johnson MPs to make him Britain's caretaker prime minister to avoid a no-deal Brexit -- but his proposal met with a mixed response on Thursday. The Labour main opposition leader said once in power, he would seek to delay Britain's October 31 exit date from the...