A prosecutor described Brand as a ruthless, calculating, manipulative "sexual predator." Brand, 51, denied the charges, saying he had never forced anyone to do something against their will.

Passengers recounted landing at a military base and being subjected to security checks and travel delays after threats that turned out to be hoaxes affected planes in Italy, Poland, Spain.

Five of six states with early Democratic presidential primaries — South Carolina, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Michigan — elected new Democrats statewide Tuesday.

Almost 600,000 protesters are on the streets of France Thursday, the country’s interior ministry estimated, making it the biggest day of protests since this current wave of unrest began in September.

A Mexican judge has been arrested and accused of accepting $2 million in bribes in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody

Asian fuel oil benchmark prices fell sharply this week as traders priced in higher Middle Eastern crude and fuel supplies, while Democrats' capture of the US Congress eased concerns about ​further escalation of the US-Israeli war with Iran.

Russia and Ukraine have traded damaging airstrikes as talks resume in Brussels to discuss Ukraine's post-war reconstruction and security guarantees.

A veteran Arab lawmaker in Israel says his bloc is willing to break with decades of precedent and join forces with Jewish-led parties in a shared bid to end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s