Security threats, the Covid pandemic, war-ravaged infrastructure: Iraqis are facing major challenges as they plan to host Pope Francis later this week. A major concern has been Iraq's second wave of Covid-19, with around 4,000 new cases registered daily...

Dan Patrick says officials making sure Texas has sufficient electric power were not prepared for the magnitude of last month's winter storm.

A Dutch writer has opted out of her assignment to translate the work of inaugural and Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman after controversy over the choice of a white writer for the job.

The quasi-endorsement was weeks in the making, spurring on by private talks with labor leaders and Democratic officials.

Here are all the details about the payment that we now know, and what could change between now and a $1.9 trillion bill becoming law.

The Philippines has sacked its former ambassador to Brazil, after she was caught on camera attacking a domestic worker at her official residence in Brasilia. According to GloboNews, the Filipino worker was employed at the ambassador's official residence,...