Earlier this week, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader confirmed plans for a successor.

Search and rescue efforts continue after flash floods swept through central Texas killing at least 51.

Eight-year-old Renee Smajstrla and "strong and powerful" camp director Jane Ragsdale were swept away.

Survivors describe a deluge that pounced with devastating speed in the pre-dawn hours in central Texas.

Political scientists have a term for the tactic, that has been used by some leaders including Nixon, to persuade adversaries that they are temperamentally capable of anything, to extract concessions. But can it work in the long term?

This week marks the birth centenary of Guru Dutt, one of Bollywood's most iconic directors.

Some 27 children are missing from a girls' summer camp on the banks of the river, say officials in Kerr County.

Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas is seeking changes to a proposal for a ceasefire deal that Israel has accepted.