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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says she is ready for a runoff election in November after failing to secure an outright first-round victory last week. The recent joint Nobel Peace Prize winner defends her record on economic development and battling corruption.

As the The Rings of Power deals with a racist review-bombing campaign, Córdova reflects on the impact his inclusion in the series has for other marginalized people.

Rescue workers in Turkey and Syria stretched into a third day of recovery operations on Wednesday as the death toll from this week's massive earthquake reached a grim milestone.

The world's population continues to grow, but at a slower rate as people have fewer children. The U.N. predicts it will not reach 9 billion for another 15 years.

At least 122 Americans were killed in Iraq in May, the third-highest monthly toll since the U.S.-led invasion. An rise in forces was aimed at giving the Iraqi government a chance to end internal conflicts. Is it working?

Tibetan monks stage their biggest demonstrations in nearly two decades against Chinese rule. China's state-run news agency says hundreds of protesters joined the Buddhist monks in the capital, Lhasa. Several shops were burned.

Not much happens in An Unnecessary Woman, Lebanese-American author Rabih Alameddine's novel about an elderly recluse who spends her time reading and translating. But what does happen shows a life in all its mundane, unconventional brilliance.

At a highway rest stop near where Hamas gunmen killed Israelis and took hostages, Israeli volunteers are helping rescue civilians and support soldiers who are being dispatched to the front lines.

French lawmakers passed a bill to enshrine the right to an abortion in the constitution, a historic move prompted by concerns over the rollback of abortion laws in the U.S.

Dollar Tree plans to close about 600 Family Dollar stores in the first half of this year and 370 Family Dollar and 30 Dollar Tree stores over the next several years.