The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week, but layoffs remain historically low and the job market broadly healthy.

U.K.-based oil company BP is cutting 4,700 jobs worldwide and a further 3,000 contractor roles as part of a cost-saving drive.

A driver rammed his car into a crowd and seriously injured a young woman Thursday during daily student-led protests and traffic blockades that have been held throughout Serbia following the collapse ...

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week, but layoffs remain historically low.

An 18-year-old student fatally stabbed two people at a high school in northern Slovakia on Thursday, authorities said.

The main opposition coalition in Guinea has called for its members to withdraw from the country's legislative body after the ruling junta missed a deadline for a return to democratic rule.

Federal health officials on Thursday backed the public health benefits of nicotine pouches, authorizing Philip Morris International's Zyn to help adult smokers cut back or quit cigarettes.

A widely seen video of an 11-year-old girl handcuffed and crying on a snowy sidewalk has prompted criticism of an upstate New York sheriff's office, which changed its policy for detaining children ...

Taiwan took another step in enhancing its key role in the production of advanced semiconductor chips used for artificial intelligence on Thursday with the inauguration of a new plant by Siliconware ...

Jna Shelomith, left, and Ethan Laubach of St. Paul interact with the cats at Catzen Coffee in St. Paul. (Leila Navidi/The ...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. ticked up this week to slightly above 7%, the highest level in eight months.

Comedian and host Conan O'Brien was named the newest recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy on Thursday.